A GREAT FROST 239 



but a majority of the birds died in the night-time, 

 dropping from their perches in the close bushes and 

 dying in holes in the hedges, where their bodies 

 remained hidden. But they had died in the daytime 

 too, and I found their remains all about the fields, 

 mostly starlings, but dead redwings and thrushes 

 were also plentiful. 



