SIR-
Tonight about ten o ' clock, I had the unusual pleasure of listening to a nightingale in full song within a few miles of the centre of the city.
The bird, which was visible to me several times, was perched near the top of one of the large hawthorn trees near the canal at Stoneyport , beyond Slateford.
The songster was unmistakably a nightingale and seemed perfectly at home in its new surroundings.
It would be interesting to know if any other person has heard the visitor , and whether this is the first time the nightingale has been heard in or near Edinburgh.
Wm Shortreed
23 Duke Street
Edinburgh
May 14 , 1935
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