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COUNTRY RAMBLES. 



Pipit, Mistletoe Thrush about which I shall have something to say 

 later Willow Warbler, Yellow Bunting, Common Wren, Blackcap, 

 Chiff Chaff, Blackbird, Nightingale, love song of the Kestrel, Ring 

 Dove, Jay, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Lapwing, 

 Swallow (twittering), Rook, Coal and Blue Tits, call note of the 

 Goldfinch heard, Common Partridge. All the above, which may be 



NEST AND EGGS OF LITTLE GREBE. 



classed as song birds, were singing, with the exception of the 

 Goldfinch. Of course those species such as the Rook, Jay, Ring 

 Dove, Kestrel, Nuthatch, Pheasant, &c., were heard uttering their 

 various calls or alarms. 



Following trees in* flower: Wych Elm, Maple, Crab, Birch, 

 Oak, Larch, Ash, Walnut, and Hornbeam. How delicate the 

 now green foliage of the latter, as compared with the withered brown 

 of a few weeks ae^o ! 



