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to be missed, I had no compunction about digging (with the 
aid of a stick and my hands) until I came to the nest!’ It 
probably was entirely due to Mr. Crook’s attention to the hole 
in the first instance which resulted in the nest being deserted. 
‘THE BIRDS OF NORTHUMBERLAND.’ 
The accompanying illustration of the nest of the Long 
Tailed Tit is one of very many appearing in ‘ The Birds of 
Northumberland,’ by our contributor, Mr. George Bolam. Mr. 
Bolam’s excellent report on the ‘ Birds of Hornsea Mere’ will 
Nest of the Long Tailed Tit. 
be remembered by our readers, and his Northumberland book 
is done in the same thorough and scientific style. It occupies 
726 pages and certainly deserves every encouragement. The 
few remaining copies are in his hands at Tyne Bridge, Alston, 
Cumberland, to whom applications should be made for partic- 
ulars. 
1915 Mar. 1. 
