NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



of joy and hope in them. They seem 

 to herald the coming of spring. 



This species has a peculiar habit of 



HEDGE SPARROW'S 

 NEST AND EGGS. 



flirting or shuffling its wings, hence the 

 very appropriate local name before men- 

 tioned. Its call note is a plaintive 

 peep, peep. 



The Hedge Sparrow, of course, stays 

 with us all the year round, and in the 

 winter hops quietly about in gardens, 

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