346 in; IT I Sir n inns' xests. 



the grey on tlie liead and neck and the rosy tinge 

 on her iinder-parts. 



Situation and LocdI/f//. — Amongst nettles, 

 hranihles, thick rough grass, wild rose hushes, on 

 hedgehanks in woods ; on hanks of streams, and 

 wooded commons in nearl}" all suitahle localities 

 throughout the United Kingdom. One of those in 

 our illustrEited page was in a hedgehank, and the 

 other, containing one egg and one newly-hatched 

 j^ouug one, in a small open husli several feet away 

 from a hedge. The nest was so much canted over 

 on one side that the e2:g and voung one were in 

 danger of falling out. 



Materials. — Dr}^ grass stems and hair. The 

 nest is deep, very fiimsiiy constructed, and loosely 

 attached. 



Eggs. — Four • to six, a dirty greenish-white, 

 spotted and speckled with grey and hrown. The 

 sjjots are larger hut not so pronounced as those of 

 the Lesser Whitethroat ; nor do they so often 

 form a zone at the larger end, according to my 

 experience. The ground colour is not of so clear a 

 white either. Size about '12 hj -od in. 



Time. — May, June, and July. The photograph 

 of the nest with the young one in was taken in 

 the last month. 



Bcnidi-ls. — Migrator}^ arriving in April and 

 departing in September or October ; individual 

 specimens have, however, been observed as late 

 as December. Notes: song "consists of numerous 

 agreeable strains given in rapid succession " whilst 

 the bird is in the air. Local and other names ; 

 Nettle Creei^er. Sits closely. 



