136 OUR BIRD ALLIES. 
sufficient, the incessant chatter of the parent birds 
can hardly fail in drawing attention to its whereabouts. 
In this shapeless bundle of material the starling lays 
from four to six eggs, varying to some little extent in 
point of size, but always of the most delicate and 
uniform pale blue colour, without marking of any kind 
whatsoever. 
