THE BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



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of our boat we had two nests with eggs, six each, one with young 

 birds, and one from which young had apparently flown, and I 

 saw the young birds early in May flying about. At one nest at 

 which I spent half a day squatting in the same sedge bush, the cock 

 did most of the sitting ; he was easily distinguished, even at a 

 distance, as he had no tail. They are the most fascinating birds 



Nest of Bearded Titmouse (after Pike). 



I know, and the easiest to approach at the nest, especially when 

 the young are hatched. All our nests were in sedge." 



Other photographers have visited our broads and been 

 successful, notably Mr. Oswin Lee ('Photographs of Brit. Birds,' 

 pt. viii.), whose large plate is worthy of all commendation, while 

 that by Mr. Kearton, in * Our Rarer British-breeding Birds,' 



