Bird-catchers have been very destructive to this noble, useful bird on the Continent.
The Nightingale comes to Great Britain in the middle of April. In August the young birds take their departure, but the old birds stay until September in order to finish moulting before taking flight. It has been supposed that the migration is made singly, not in flocks like that of other small birds; but a naturalist has recorded having once seen great numbers of Nightingales resting
USEFUL.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
under the bathing machines along the whole length of the shore at Brighton.