England.
1911.
July 1-31
(No 6)

Chiff-Chaff in song.
Nest of Lesser White-throat.

last-named in full song at all hours, up to the middle 
of the month and later. Here on July 15 I heard a Chiff-Chaff
singing freely for the first and last time this summer. What
I took at the time to be its mate led me to a nest about 5 feet
above the ground among ivy on the face of an old wall but
on referring to "Collett", later, I learned that the Chiff-Chaff builds a
closed nest on or very close to the ground and that this wall
nest agreed best with his description of that of the Lesser White-throat.
It held 5 young almost fully grown and fledged which the mother
bird fed repeatedly while I was standing within a few yards of
her and was the only occupied nest of any kind (save that of the
House Martin & of the Swallow & Sand Martin) that I found in
England this year.
  Spotted Flycatchers were common throughout the Park, perching on
five posts along its broad walks, and Swallows & Swifts came to it
at evening to skim & wheel over its open central portions in loose swarms.