EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 78 
THE GOSHAWK. 
Hau trees on the outsides of forests and large woods are 
chosen by the Goshawk for the accommodation of its nest, 
which is made of sticks, twigs, rootlets, and moss. It lays 
four eggs generally, but sometimes only three are found, 
and at others as many as five; of a pale bluish-white, 
occasionally marked with small, light reddish-brown spots. 
The bird has, however, long since ceased to breed in the 
British Isles, unless as a rare exception. 
THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
I HAVE met with this somewhat local though common 
summer visitor’s nest most abundantly in the Yorkshire 
dales. It is situated on the ground, in meadows, pastures, 
and on commons, and is generally sheltered by a clod, piece 
of overhanging bank, or tuft of grass, and is often most 
difficult to find. It is composed of grass, moss, and root- 
lets, with an inner lining of horse and cow hair, sometimes 
a few feathers. The eggs number from four to six, 
greyish-white in ground colour, and thickly speckled with 
greyish- and yellowish-brown. They are very similar to 
those of the Grey Wagtail. 
THE GREY LAG GOOSE. 
Tuts bird places its nest on the ground in desolate swamps 
and on lonely moors in the Highlands of Scotland, and the 
islands lying to the west; also in Ireland, in County 
Monaghan. It builds a large nest of sticks, heather, twigs, 
reed, grass, and moss, with an inner lining of down from 
