THE LESSER REDPOLL IN SUSSEX. 25 



birds are frequently seen. And in any case, especially 

 when they are in saplings in full leaf, the nests are far 

 from easy to see. But the birds themselves often lead 

 to its ultimate discovery, the male by trilling and singing 

 just above or close to it, and the female, or the two 

 together, by repeatedly flying to one special spot in a line 

 of covert. And if, as you scramble as best you may 

 through a strip of closely-planted saplings, you suddenly 

 hear the alarm-cry from somewhere in the greenery 

 overhead, you may rest assured that a nest is close by 

 for the finding. 



