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together. The female deposits lier eggs in May, from six 

 to ten in number, of a yellowish-grey coloiii" blotched 

 with reddish-brown. The nest is very artlessly con- 

 structed, on the ground, of a few dried stems of grass, 

 under shelter of a tall tuft or low bush, generally in 

 mai-shy jjlaces, where long and coarse grasses abound. 





