Some Remark'adle Nests a\d Eggs. 6g 



greenish- blue 

 eggs without 

 uiarkiiii^^s, ex- 

 cept the Pied 

 Flycateher, 

 whose eggs 

 are said to be 

 oceasioiially 

 spotted with 

 r (' d d i s h - 

 brown, al- 

 thougb I 

 have iiL'ver 

 once met 

 witli iiiaikcd 

 specimens. 



The Wry- 

 neck and the 

 (1 i tt'e r c 11 t 

 species ol 

 Tits named 

 above possess 

 tlie curious 

 habit of hiss- 

 ing like a 

 snake when 

 they are mo- 

 lested in their 

 breeding- 

 holes, and I 



Tin; SAME m;st with i:G(;s ixcovi;red. 



