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district is a wood called " Lily Wood," but the 

 name is now an empty title, for people who had 

 access to the spot dug up the abundant lilies. 

 Not far away is another wood, of large size, cer- 

 tain parts of which were almost carpeted by 

 primroses ; but the flowers are now comparatively 

 few and far between. 



When will the so-called lover of birds be 

 restrained from fatal methods of showing his 

 affection? When you have toiled for a year in 

 the grimy city, helping to turn the commercial 

 wheels of the world, but looking forward through 

 the mist of work to a peaceful holiday in your old 

 country home, it is exasperating to find that all 

 the fairest tenants of the shade have been evicted 

 or destroyed by some idle fellow whose leisure 

 was only occupied by the pursuit of them, though 

 he can, perchance, point to a group of mummies 

 in a glass case as trophies of research. In London 

 people have learned to look upon wild birds with- 

 out exhibiting the tendencies of a cat. 



Winter visitors to St. James's Park can enjoy 

 one of the greatest treats a lover of birds could 

 desire to stand on an eminence and see scores of 



