30 JULY 1927, Page 16

THE ROBIN. AND THE THRUSH [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I recently.heard of an amusing little incident in bird life that took place in a friend's garden.

In the ivy on the wall a thrush built a nest, and a robin lined it. Each laid four eggs. Both sat on them together, side by side, with their heads peeping over one side of the nest. Gradually the thrush turned out all the robin's eggs,

but the robin still sat ^on. When the young thrushes were

hatched, the robin helped to feed them until they grew up