nest-destroyer

Updated: May 2, 2025

Then, by way of contrast to his own merciful temper, he told me of the young nest-destroyer I have writ-ten about. It made him mad to see such things! Something ought to be done, he said, to stop a boy like that; for by destroying so many nestlings he was taking the bread out of the bird-catcher's mouth.

W. H. (William Henry) Hudson - Birds in Town and Village