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BRITISH BIRDS. 



where by the directions given me I felt sure the nest should 

 be. All I could find was the scanty foundation of a nest 

 woven on to a mixture of comfry and meadow-sweet, 



FIG, 1. NEST AND EGGS OF MARSH- WARBLER. 

 {Photographed by W. Farren.) 



so unlike the method of the Reed- Warbler or any other 

 bird I could call to mind but the Marsh-Warbler, that 

 I should have concluded at once that this was the cause 

 of the birds' presence but for the loiowledge that three 



