Birds and Motors Nor was this the end of the
coincidence. The second article I noticed in the summer number was by Mr. Lockley, though it did not concern his dream island." He has•been taking the toll of the road ; and finding it very deadly. He counted a total of seventeen dead creatures on a mile and a quarter stretch of favourite bird country. " We gathered the remains and checked the gruesome pile over again. Two willow warblers, seven , hedge sparrows (youngsters), a wren, a chaffinch, a blue tit, a little owl, a rat, a shrew mouse and two frogs." Later he found a white owl, swallows, rabbits and a wounded yellow-hammer. His conclusion is that any, car travelling on a small road at over thirty miles an hour is a messenger of death. This is the date when most young birds are on the road and especial care should be taken.
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