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consisted of four or five eggs. The nests of G. fortis fratei-cula and of G. 

 fuligiiwm minor were similar in constrnction, and it was usually necessary to 

 secure the parent bird in order to lie absohitely certain of the identity of the eggs. 

 The eggs are generally only a little larger than those of G. (/i/ficilis or G. /iili(ji/iwsa 

 minor. 



Nest No, S04, 15. iv. 1001. Sitnated in a small green thorn-busli, .5 ft. high, 

 ('omjiosed of grass stems and blades and orchilla moss, lined with the same 

 material, only finer. Parent birds Nos. 971, 972. Eggs five, rather elongated, 

 white, with a few sharp deep-brown spots and lines near the thick end, and with 

 deeper-lying spots and patches all over ; reminding one much of greenfinches' 

 eggs, bnt less glossy. 20-8 x 14-5, 20-8 x 13-8, 21 x 148, 20-8 x 14, 20-4 x 13-9 mm. 



Nest No. 806, 15. iv. 1901. Situated in a bush, 4 ft. from the ground. 

 Comjiosed like No. 804. Parent c? No. 995. Eggs three. Of very different 

 shape from that of the former, being shorter and thicker, and resembling some 

 eggs of Erithacus ruhecula. White, smooth, very slightly glossy, round (he thick 

 end covered with pale rufons-brown patches and spots. 19x151, 19-0 x 15-1, 

 19-5 X 14-7 mm. 



Nest No. 811, 15. iv. 1901. In a tree on a wooded hillside, 6i ft. above the 

 ground. C!omposed of dry weed-stems, grass, some cotton-balls and dry leaves, 

 lined with fine grass. Four eggs, about half incubated. Parent $ 953. Eggs 

 short and thick, covered with pale rufous markings, which are more frei[uent near 

 the thick end. 18-9 x 15-5, 18-5 x 15-4, 19-5 x 15-3, 19-1 x 152 mm. 



Nest No. 812. 15. iv. 1901. Parent ? No. 952. On a tree on wooded hillside, 

 7 ft. high. Composed of grass stems and blades and cotton-balls, lined with finer 

 grass. Eggs five, slightly incubated, more elongated than those of 8ii5 and 811, 

 whitish, with rather large and pale greyish-rufous, almost manve-colonred spots, 

 and one with some dark-brown scribbled lines. 21-5 x 154, 21-3 x 15-4, 21-4 x 15-5, 

 20-8x15, 21 xl5 mm. 



Nest No. 813, 15. iv. 19ol. Parent ? 948. Nest in a green tree, 8 ft. from 

 the ground. Composed of grass-.^tems and blades and green moss and cotton, lined 

 with fine grass. Kather smaller than most of the others. Four fresh eggs. 

 Eggs marked like 804, but a little smaller. 18-3x15, 20x14-7, 18-4x14-", 

 18-9x14-0 mm. 



Nest No. M4, 10. iv. 1901. Parent birds Nos. 1010, 1011. In a small bnsh 

 near the shore, 5 ft. above the ground. Bnilt out of green and dry grass and 

 grass-heads, leaves, and cotton-balls lined with fine grass-heads and cotton-balls. 

 Eggs five, slightly incnbated. Eggs very mnch like No. 813, but the markings 

 a little less frequent and more reddish, and mostly with a few deep-brown, 

 almost black, scribbled lines. ls-9xl4-7, 19-2x14-7, 188x15, 19-4x14-7, 

 18-5 X 14-5 mm. 



Nest No. 815, l(i. iv. 1901. Parent ? 1005. In a bnsh on a thickly woode<l 

 hillside, d ft. above the ground. Composed of dry grass and weed-stems, a few 

 cotton-balls and leaves, lined with finer grass. The old and decaying appearances 

 of lower portion shows that this nest, like many GeosjA^a nests, is built on a last 

 year's nest. Eggs five, fresh, very distinctly marked, with darker and paler spots 

 and blotches. 18-5x14-7, 19x14-5, 19-2x14, 18-5x14-9, 18-2x151 mm. 



Nest No. 816, 16. iv. 1901. Parent ? 1004. In a bush, 7 ft. from the ground. 

 Bnilt like the rest. Eggs four, fresh (one broken), like the former, one very 

 strongly marked, the other less and finer. 19 x 14-0, 19 x 142, 17-7 x 14 mm. 



