The black minivet came into i timate touch with us last year, a pair making their nest very close to Me ttse Dirdar which, however" may tot'ber black minetay have a Tike white spot on the wings and fediscince wile. here on" the tail all "oft reposted, seems rey sBrettee, prettee" "and Thor tout ad hr." Thin year ey"began thor nest in slmoat the they, befire, hak te. golden orioles alga fe def and drove them uWway.
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the ffs for "tea and for" the ret hire wild, rose bushes, to Lams ant to" our garden, we were enough to sce a pair of jack capped "kinghahers artinome. birds wih red beak and panaprifian blue bodes and black End a favourite nesting place for all kind Bary forthe spring, a pate of marsh Ear oh shole weondorfal'bag-ike Roto Very tow in' one of our frm The sweeping of the young birds, Peart et only to uss bu to betragvoder who destroyed it, mock For several years a pair of ringnecked doves have bull ins Dank Bec Deneath the eaves of Our Howse tero broods, were, sucoeo-HSI rated this year" andthe ae: fon air were, just, besinaing to Syrwhen one might we heard a commotion and the flying ay of Teue" Ainage anita had dim sto qb ihe nest! Shooting ved OF advisable, bat other: Ueeawtallgd to hil te, The. doves shot ved els neat to a place in hotter limbing rove Beneath ur eeety porch are there, noe sit Sect and' going on vou pare the pat that far hee th mac one Bae enfoncerediy™ raised their {hig broods which are now almost reedy 10 fi." They. neem 0, tame Ghat it might, be advisable to try ito raise a pair among our tame] pigeons. small enclosure at ditch level containing several houses. This enclosure with its high loess. walls fand "narrow exit' wae a perfect death trap. The swirl of water about 8 ft. deep washed away the mud walls of the houses and the consequent collapse of the roofs imprisoned many of the inmates, resulting in five deaths. Others with pigs were miraculously washed out of the enclosure on to the fother side of the ditch and so ¢s-teaped with their lives. Over the whole area between the two gates crops have been washed away or Jcoverod with a deposit of mud not less than from two to three fect deep.
Transmission ines "from the Arsenal Power Station which run along the top of the East wall were broken and for a period, was dangerous to move in that area. Several people reported mild shocks [but there were no serious burns.
West Fukien—Reuter, Canton, June 25, Having, scored victories over the Reds in South Kiangsi, the Canton-2 cze forces are preparing to attack Chunmiunling, the gateway to Hulchang, the stronghold of the Com munists, according to official reports received here to-day.
Following the capture of Anyuan and. Chumwoo by. the Cantonese forces, the inhabitants gave a rousing welcome to the troops who had delivered them from the oppression of the Reds—Reuter,
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