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THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 
Tue nest of this shy little summer visitor is usually well 
concealed near the ground, in the middle of a thick bush. 
It is constructed of strong dry grass and moss outside, 
with an inner lining of slender grass. The eggs number 
from four to seven, and are of a pale rosy-coloured white, 
with spots and speckles all over of a darker-shaded red. 
THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 
Tue mate of this king of birds builds her nest in the most 
desolate and unapproachable parts of Scotland and Ireland, 
where even the skilful and daring cragsman can with diffi- 
culty come. The eyrie is made of sticks, a supply being 
added each year until an enormous pile is collected, almost 
flat at the top. The eggs number from two to three, and 
are of a grey or dingy-white colour, clouded and blotched 
nearly all over with rusty or reddish-brown spots. 
THE EIDER DUCK. 
Tis useful member of the Duck family breeds on 
the Scottish coast and at the Farne Islands, and on 
the shores of Norway and Sweden, in great numbers. The 
nest is made of dried grasses, weeds, &c. ; and as the pro- 
cess of incubation advances, like the Shoveller, the mother 
lines the nest profusely with the beautiful down from its 
body. The eggs usually number five, and are of a light 
green colour, oblong in shape. 
J THE TAWNY OWL. 
A HOLLOw in a tree, or the deserted nest of a Crow, serves 
this nocturnal bird for a nest. The eggs are of an 
