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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



MALE REED WARBLER ON NEST. 



not often happen in the bird world, and like an 

 economical housewife, the hen sat down and 

 held the creature she had caught in her bill until 

 such time as they should grow hungry again. 



I have nowhere met with such numbers of 

 the graceful yellow wagtail as on the Broads 

 and in the Yorkshire dales, where the bird breeds 

 abundantly. 



