BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW. 167 



MALE REDSTART. 



easiest to study at the 

 nest. The male bird 

 assists in the work of 

 incubation, but I have 

 never yet heard him 

 beguile the tedium of 

 his task by song, as 

 has been asserted. 



The lesser white- 

 throat (p. 168) was 

 photographed whilst 

 taking a rest on her nest 



Blackcaps, lesser 

 whitethroats, and 

 hedge sparrows are 

 frequenters of woods 

 of varying sizes and 

 thick hedgerows. 



The first bird is, 

 in addition to being 

 the sweetest singer 

 next to the nightin- 

 gale visiting this coun- 

 try, one of the very 



FEMALE REDSTART. 



