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THE REDBREAST. 



welcome the curiosity of the numerous visitors to the singu- 

 lar domicile. The circumstance is rendered even more 

 strange by the shed having been newly roofed during the 

 time of her sitting." The eggs, which are generally four or 

 five in number, though they sometimes reach six and seven, 

 are white, thickly spotted with reddish yellow or grey. 



The Eedbreast is not subject to much variation in 

 plumage. Mr. Eomanes, of Harryburn, Lauder, has kindly 

 informed me that two young Eobins of a yellow colour were 

 observed frequenting his garden in July 1886. One of them 

 was caught, and preserved for the Museum of Science and 

 Art in Edinburgh, where it may now be seen. 









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