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MY GARDEN. 



shorn of half its pleasure if we were deprived of the notes of the 

 thrush and the blackbird. 



" The mavis mild vvi' many a note 

 Sings drowsy day to rest." BURNS. 



FIG. 1194. Spotted Flycatcher. 



FIG. 1193. Blackbird, Jth nat. size. 



The Spotted Fly-catcher (Muscicapa Grisola, fig. 1194) the last 

 bird of the summer to migrate, and the last to make its appearance 

 here builds in the willow-trees on our islands. It hawks over the 



FIG. 1195. Kestrel. 



FIG. 1196. White Owl. 



water, returns and settles on a bough, then hawks again, and so 

 on over and over again. It arrives about the second week in May. 

 The only birds of prey which have been noticed with us are 



