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not be seen until a close inspection was made. Another, 

 found in June 1886, was placed under the end of a bough 

 of a large yew by the side of a walk in the flower garden. 

 It was supported underneath the point of the branch by 

 beiug interwoven with the small sprays there. Both nests 

 were built of moss, and warmly lined with feathers. The 

 eggs are generally from seven to ten in number, and are 

 yellowish white, mottled near the larger end with light 

 reddish brown. 



This species may at once be distinguished from all our 

 smaller birds, by the yellow streak on the top of its head. 

 Its song, which may be heard in spring and early summer, 

 is sweet and pleasing, though not very loud. 



No specimen of the Fire-Crested Wren has as yet (1888) 

 been obtained in Berwickshire. 





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