17 MAY 1913, Page 18

[To THE EDITOR OP THI "SPECTATOR:' Silt, —The birds referred

to by your correspondent, Mr. F. W. .Thoyta, in your issue of May 10th, were probably tree sparrows. I have seen one of these birds strip bark from a tree and carry the strips to its nest, which in this case was in the stump of an adjoining willow tree. They always, I believe,