25 NOVEMBER 1905, Page 13

But our winter migrants are mostly exiles from Scandi- navian

frosts and snows. They are but aliens, desirable and welcome aliens, driven here in search of food. They have no errand but to pick up a meal, and no intention but to get back to the land of their birth when times improve. So they have the shyness of the not-over- well-to-do, and for the most part shun mankind and keep away from the dwelling and the lawn. We get little personal