NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



It is found breeding in suitable places 

 all over England and Wales, and less 

 numerously in Scotland. I have met 



FEMALE REDSTART WITH 

 FOOD FOR CHICKS. 



with it most commonly in certain parts 

 of the Principality and in Westmor- 

 land and Northumberland. It appears 

 to be partial to isolated farmhouses 

 with a few old trees round them and 

 plenty of stragghng, dilapidated out- 

 buildmgs, old ruins, and gardens sur- 

 rounded by moss-grown stone walls. I 

 have frequently found the bird, how- 

 ever, breeding in solitarv woods, and 

 secured the photograph showing the 

 nest and eggs figurmg in this article in 

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