bird alighted on the nest and the male took up his position in a dark part of 

 the tree close below. I watched them for about twenty minutes, but neither 

 of them moved. I found another nest, by pure chance, as I was returning 

 through the wood. I saw an Owl sitting in a thick tree and threw a stick 

 up at it ; two birds immediately flew out of the tree, and on climbing up I 

 discovered, in a very thick part, an old Pigeon's nest with no lining except a 



few Yellow Hammer's feathers and some pellets, and in the nest were four 



f . t . . i i . \. < 



iresh eggs. 



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