NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



thorn bush quite two hundred yards 

 away from water in Surrey. The materi- 

 als used in the structure are dried grass 

 and moss with an inner hning of fine 

 dead grass^ hairs, and the feathery tops 

 of reeds. 



The eggs number four to six or even 

 seven, and are of a purplish-grey or pale 

 olive ground colour, spotted and streaked 

 with rich, dark purple-brown. 



This bird resides with us all the year 

 round, and its numbers are increased 

 during the winter by other members of 

 its species arriving from the Continent. 



