CHAPTER IV 



MISSEL-THRUSH WREN SPARROW PIPITS 

 BLACKBIRD SONG-THRUSH FIELDFARE 

 REDWING 



'N sheltered 

 spots, under 

 hedges or 

 otherwise 

 along the 

 w o o d s i d e , 

 where in the 

 dead time of 

 the year the 

 sun shines 

 only for a 

 short space 

 each day, 

 snow still lin- 

 gers. Some 

 time ago the 



fields were for long covered with 

 a white mantle ; but as the spring 

 came op, and the sun rose higher 



to make the atmosphere some de- 



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