22 EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 
a dwelling-house. The nest is composed of moss, a little 
hay and wool, lined with seed-down of the willow and 
hair neatly woven together. The eggs are four or five in 
number; white, tinged with blue, and spotted at the larger 
end with raw sienna. 
THE MAGPIE. 
TE Magpie builds her nest on the tops of very tall trees, 
but it has sometimes been found in comparatively small 
bushes. It is large, domed, and almost spherical in 
shape, composed of brambles, thorny sticks, clay, and finer 
sticks, and lined inside with dead grass and fibrous roots; 
it has a hole on the side. She lays six or seven eggs of a 
dirty light blue, spotted with yellowish-brown all over. 
/THE BULLFINCH. 
Tus bird lays four or five eggs of a pale blue colour, 
spotted and streaked with raw sienna, brown, or purple. 
The nest is made of twigs and fibrous roots, and lined with 
horsehair ; it 1s situated in thick garden and other hedges. 
The female sits very close, so that she may even be touched 
without leaving the nest. 
if THE STARLING, 
Tux Starling makes her nest of hay, straw, and fibrous 
roots ; her favourite haunts are the gable-ends of old houses, 
cliffs, and hollow trees. She lays four or five eggs of a 
beautiful light blue, tinged with green. If she is left un- 
disturbed, she will use the same nest for several years, with 
a little repairing each spring. She is very affectionate to 
