CHAPTER V. 



BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW, 



W7OODS are frequently 



VV solitary and silent, 



||^W or restless with life and 



/ITiB ringing with song, accord- 



I \ 1 ing to the character of the 



/ trees growing in them. 



In Southern England, 

 where hazel - bushes, ash 

 stoles, and slender birches 

 grow in clumps with 

 bramble - clad glades be- 

 tween, and occasional oak 



and beech trees sending forth their giant arms to 

 shadow primrose or bluebell-decked banks, there 

 will the ring dove clatter his wings and coo softly 

 to his mate, the nightingale ravish the pale 

 moonlight with sweetest song, the inquisitive jay 

 chatter and the willow wren warble all day long, 

 to say nothing of a dozen other species. 



The deep shadows and solitude of pine forests 

 suit the habits of few birds, saving such as the 

 long-eared owl, and are generally painfully silent, 



PHOTOGRAPHER ON 

 AUTHOR'S SHOULDERS. 



