11 JUNE 1910, Page 21

A CURIOUS FACT IN BIRD LIFE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1

SIB,—A neighbour of mine has a two-wheeled cart, with the usual box in front over the shafts, covered with a lid. In this box a pair of tomtits have built their nest, and six eggs are the result. The owner goes his regular journeys, and the dam sits tight and makes the best of a disturbed incubation. She is quite tame, and allows my neighbour's children to stroke her as she sits. We are all wondering whether the eggs will