NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



The eggs, numbering four or five, vary 

 from greyish-green to reddish-grey in 

 ground colour, marked with brownish- 

 red spots. 



The Missel Thrush, or Storm Cock as 

 it is called in many parts of the country, 



NEWLY FLEDGED MISSEL 

 THRUSHES. 



from its habit of singing on the top- 

 most branches of tall trees during wet, 

 windy weather, is one of our very earli- 

 est feathered vocalists. I have heard 

 it piping its bold, defiant notes as early 

 as in December in the South of England 



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