" Across the road, in an 

 apple-tree, built a pair 

 of redstarts." 



when a bicycle was being cleaned beneath the 

 tree, the inquisitive pair dropped down, the 

 female actually lighting upon the handle-bar to 

 see how the dusting was done. On another oc- 

 casion she attempted to settle upon the baby 

 swinging under the tree in a hammock ; and 

 again ; when I caught one of her own babies in 

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