NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



banks of lakes, ponds, and sluggish 

 streams, and is much commoner on the 

 east and southern sides of England than 

 the west and north. I have met with it 

 commonly in certain parts of Gloucester- 

 shire, and it is said to be fairly numer- 



REED WARBLER'S 

 NEST AND EGGS. 



ous in Wales. It does not, however, 

 breed in Scotland or Ireland. 



The nest is a very beautiful structure, 

 formed of long blades of dead grass, seed, 

 branches of reeds, and bits of wool lined 

 inside with fine dead grass and hair. 

 It is cleverly suspended between two, 

 three, four, or even as many as five reed 

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