Anglesey 



i a tree standing at the side of a narrow public way, 

 id at the very gates of the quarry. I photographed 

 le tree and the multitude of chips lying at its foot, 

 id afterwards placed the eggs at the entrance to 

 ic nest, and made a second picture. 



Shy as these birds were, I managed to see a good 

 eal of them in my almost daily passage through this 

 me. Often enough they would keep quite still in 

 le leafy branches above, and when one caught sight 

 f either of them, the bird would be seen clinging to 

 runk or branch, from behind which it peeped round 

 t the intruders below. At other times, while we 

 fere yet some distance down the lane, the bird's 

 uge guffaw would be heard, and he would shoot 

 head, a sudden glow of green and red as he 

 ;ew between the trees, then darted aside and dis- 

 ppeared over the ivy-clad wall. I never see green 

 woodpecker or kingfisher without being carried back 

 o my old days in the forests of Brazil ; for they 

 lave the true tropical colours, and the wild cry of 

 he green woodpecker has the right forest ring with 

 t sudden, detached, breaking out of, and as 

 bruptly sealed up in, immediate silence. 



About a week after the discovery, I noticed that 



le right-hand side of the nesting-hole had been 



tlarged, so that I was able to pass my elbow 



trough it. One of the eggs had been taken. The 



arloiner had evidently had some conscience ; it was 



pity that his judgement seemed to be equally 



udimentary. A green woodpecker is not likely to 



