[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.')
Sin,—It is possible that the following facts may interest the bird-loving readers of the Spectator. Last year, at my country place—Wileote, in Oxfordshire—a pair of swallows made their nest against the curtain-pole in my housemaid's bedroom. It is a room always occupied by her, and in and out of which the other housemaids constantly go and come. The birds reared seven young ones, and they used to sit in a row on the picture- frames, and on the screens close to the housemaid's bed and work-table, twittering. Just before they migrated, they flew in two or three times, but used to sit in a row on a roof close by, and no longer roosted on the curtain-pole. I am happy to say that this year the pair returned, began busily repairing their old nest, and were absolutely fearless.—I am, Sir, &c., MARY HERBTIONE DAWKINS.
22 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W.
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