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In a tree to the right of the grand avenue in Savernake 

 Forest there existed in the spring of 1868, a happy family, 

 consisting of a pair of these owls, and a pair of squirrels, 

 both of which parties had young families in the same hollow, 

 while lower down in the same tree was a tree-creeper's 

 nest. In this case a mutual bond of peace seemed to have 

 been struck. 



This bird is an early breeder with us, but the above noted 

 date, i.e., the 3rd of March, is most unusually early, as there 

 were four eggs in the nest at the time, and even supposing 

 that they were laid at intervals of only one day between 

 each, which with the owds is most unlikely, the first egg 

 must have been laid on the last day of February. 



Turdus Viscivorus. 



Missel Thrush. 



LOCAL NAMES. EGG OBSERVED. 



Storm Cody. April 8th, 1865. 



Shrike Cock. March 28th, 1866. 



April 6th, 1867. 

 March 16th, 1868. 

 March 14th, 1869. 

 1870. 

 ' A very abundant species, and at the same time a very 

 useful one, from the number of insects which it destroys. 



This species generally builds in the thick fir copses, or 

 in the brandies of solitary trees. A large number of nests 



