PLATE I 

 BLACKBIRD. Turdus merula 



May yd, 1894. This nest was built in a blown -down Scotch fir on the 

 outskirts of a small plantation in Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire. I spent some 

 hours trying to get a photograph of the bird on the nest, but had to give it 

 up at last as a bad job. I could stand within four yards of her without the 

 slightest difficulty, but the moment I produced my camera she flew off. I 

 tried leaving it up and going away; but as long as it was there, nothing 

 would induce her to return to the nest. 



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