As is the youthful cuckoo in the nest of the hedge sparrow, so was Louisa Taylor to the authors of her being.-Mrs.

One of the birds Kiwis will be keeping an eye out for is the dunnock, or hedge sparrow, which has declined in numbers recently.

I shall live like a hedge sparrow on a twig until the sparrowhawk kills me, and my death will be unnoticed and unmourned by any.

With rapid, bold strokes he continued to paint over the writhing canvas, until at last it was a uniform field of shining Hedge Sparrow tint.

Following are the Greenfinch 87 per cent, and the Dunnock, which used to be called the Hedge Sparrow with 83 per cent.