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diameter of the cup of the nest is 3 inches. At first sight it 

 resembles a half-completed Blackbird's nest. It should be 

 remarked that the nest was rather more shut in than appears 



NEST OF A REDBREAST WITHIN THAT OF A SONG-THRUSH. 

 (Photographed by T>. G. Gamett.) 



in the photograph, as it was necessary to bend back some 

 branches so as to admit enough light for photographic 

 purposes. D. G. Garnett. 



CHAFFINCH'S NEST DECORATED WITH PAPER. 

 A PAIR of Chaffinches (Frmgilla c. ccelebs) have built a nest 

 upon the side of a tree trunk in the St. Nicholas Gardens 

 in the centre of Scarborough, Yorkshire, and the hen is 

 now (May 6th, 1912) incubating her eggs within nine feet 

 of a much frequented public pathway. In the absence of 

 the usual lichens for decorating the nest outside, the bird 

 has stuck over it small pieces of paper, which have the effect 

 of rendering it very conspicuous, and the nest, looking like 

 a snowball, is \'isible quite one hundred yards away. 



W. J. Clarke. 



[Paper is not infrequently used as a substitute for the 

 usual lichens. One nest which I saw a few years ago was 

 completely covered with small fragments of paper printed 

 with Greek characters, which proved to be part of a discarded 

 Greek dictionary. — ^F. C. R. Jourdain,] 



