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by a layer of finer grass, and the interior lined with horse- 
hair. 
THE JACK SNIPE. 
AccorpiIne to some of the very best authorities on British 
ornithology, the Jack Snipe does not breed in these islands 
although an occasional nest is said to have been found. 
The bird is only a winter migrant, and breeds in the 
neighbourhood of St. Petersburg. The eggs are four in 
number, of a yellowish olive colour, spotted with two shades 
of brown, especially on the larger end. 
THE GYR FALCON. 
Tue Gyr Faleon does not build in the British Isles, 
but in Iceland, Greenland, and the northern districts 
of Europe and America. The nest is composed of sticks, 
seaweed, and mosses, and is situated in lofty precipices. 
The eggs are two in number, mottled nearly all over with 
pale reddish-brown on a dull white ground. ‘They are 
larger than those of the Peregrine Falcon, but very similar 
in shape and colour, as well as in the mode in which the 
colour is disposed over the surface. 
THE FIELDFARE. 
A Fis~pFare’s nest has never, within my personal know- 
ledge, been found in the British Isles, the birds breeding 
in the more northern parts of Europe, such as Norway and 
