. The story of hedgerow and pond . ts whole body. And though it is such a small, feeblecreature, it stops here with us all throughthe coldest winters, instead of leavingus and going to the warm and sunnySouth, as do all our little summervisitors. The bottle-tits, and the other176 and Their Homes tits, its relations, and the wrens, andgolden-crested wrens all stop with usthe whole year round, in spite of coldwinds, and snow and frost, and scarcityof food. Indeed, I think it is quiteworth noticing that these, the smallestbirds we have, are real natives, livingtheir whole lives with us here inEnQ
. The story of hedgerow and pond . ts whole body. And though it is such a small, feeblecreature, it stops here with us all throughthe coldest winters, instead of leavingus and going to the warm and sunnySouth, as do all our little summervisitors. The bottle-tits, and the other176 and Their Homes tits, its relations, and the wrens, andgolden-crested wrens all stop with usthe whole year round, in spite of coldwinds, and snow and frost, and scarcityof food. Indeed, I think it is quiteworth noticing that these, the smallestbirds we have, are real natives, livingtheir whole lives with us here inEnQ^land, instead of forsakincf us whenthe bad weather comes. And the bottle-tit, the wren, and thestill smaller golden-crested wren arealso all worthy of notice because allthree of them make very curious andvery beautiful nests—such beautiful neststhat they are amongst the best madeof any that are made here in England,or indeed anywhere else. And I shouldlike to show them to you, but as I cantdo that to you all, I must do the next.
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