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willow-tree. It was composed of cow’s hair and lined with 
horsehair and feathers. There was one egg of a light blue 
colour, slightly thicker than and not quite as long as a hedge- 
sparrow’s. There was no bird in sight, but the nest was 
clearly that of a redstart. 
May 14. Tree-creeper’s nest. I saw the bird on the side of 
a willow by a stream. 1 followed the bird along the stream for 
about fifty yards, and watched it fly to a large dead elm with ivy 
on it, which was also dead. The nest was between the thick 
branches of the dead ivy and the trunk of the tree. The nest 
was composed of soft bark and lined inside with feathers and 
a few pieces of horsehair. There were seven eggs, white in 
colour, with red and brown spots mostly on the larger end. 
The eggs are very like those of a wren, but the spots are 
larger. 
May 16. A friend found a nightingale’s nest. He heard the 
bird and watched it for an hour, at the end of which time he 
was rewarded by seeing the bird go into the bottom of a briar- 
ledge. He could not then find the nest, and was walking 
away when the bird flew out at his feet, and he found the nest 
in a heap of dry sticks and dead leaves. He then showed me 
where it was. I did not wonder at his not being able to find it. 
The leaves which composed the nest were the same as those 
which covered the ground. There were five eggs of an olive- 
srcen colour ; one egg had dark brown spots on one end. 
May 20. Tree-pipit’s nest. I watched the birds for half an 
hour, and eventually found the nest, wonderfully concealed in 
the grass on a little slope, where the ground was rough and the 
yrass fairly long. The nest was made of fine grass, and lined 
with a little hair; and green moss, evidently to match the sur- 
rounding foliage, was placed on the side of the nest. The 
eyes were five in number, and of a dark purple colour, with 
a few darker blotches of the same colour. 
May 23. Tree-pipit’s nest with four eggs. Purple variety, 
in bank at side of a stream in tuft of grass. 
May 25, A bullfinch’s nest in a briar-bush near Leck- 
hampton Church, The eggs were of a very peculiar species; 
they were perfectly white with a few stray brown spots. One 
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