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nocturnal rest. During the breeding season they no doubt ordinarily 

 roost in the reeds either on the nest or near by. But at other times 

 they have been found roosting in bushes and trees, which they climb 

 easily. Near Chemnitz, in Saxony, several families used regularly to 

 roost on the osiers which grew on the bank of the lake they frequented. 

 Other instances could be cited. 1 



1 Naumann, Vb'gel Mitteleuropas, vii. 128 ; Yarrell, British Birds, in. 174 ; Lilford, Birds 

 of Northamptonshire, i. 344. 



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