PLATE I 

 JAY. Garrulus glandarius 



May 20///, 1897. Lyndhurst, Hants. Although the Jay is a fairly common 

 bird in the New Forest, it took me nearly a week to find a nest which I could 

 photograph, as most of the nests I found were more than thirty feet from the 

 ground, on the ends of the branches of tall beech-trees, and quite inaccessible. I 

 was fortunate enough, however, to come across a nest of young birds in a low 

 holly bush, and after a little trouble I got the picture which is given in the Plate. 



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