164 WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



JACKDAW ON POST. 



ously hammered them with his bill into pieces 

 small enough to be swallowed. 



The self-satisfied pair of young jackdaws 

 figured in our illustration were photographed 

 directly after they had left their home in a 

 hollow tree. 



In little scattered woods, high up amongst 

 the Welsh mountains, also in the heart of the 

 Cumberland and Westmoreland Fells, a great 

 many pairs of redstarts may be found breeding. 

 They utilise small holes in trees, rocks, and old 

 dry walls, as a rule ; but one day, I was surprised 

 to find a nest in a little corner on a grassy bank 

 where a meadow pipit might have built. 



Placing the stick, figured in our illustrations 



