11 MAY 1907, Page 17

A ROBIN'S NEST.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE '• SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I think it may interest some of your readers who are lovers of our birds to know that a robin has taken up its abode in one of the bedrooms of a house here, and success- fully hatched its young. It began building its neat on some books on a shelf ; but as the books were being ruined, a box was placed in a corner of the bookcase, and the sticks, &c., were carefully placed in it. The robins seem to have been very well satisfied with the change, for there are now five young ones in the nest. The old birds are having a busy time feeding their little ones, and seem to be quite at home, though the room is in constant use.—I am, Sir, &c.,