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brown. I have found several nests close together on a 
small rocky islet in the Highlands. 
THE BEARDED TIT. 
Iris thought by some writers that the exceptionally hard 
weather we experienced last winter (1894-5) has ex- 
tinguished this little bird in its last resort, the fens of 
Norfolk and Cambridgeshire; however, it is to be hoped 
that this is not the case. Its nest is composed of dead 
sedge and reed leaves, lined with grass and reed down, 
and is situated near the ground in some large reed bed. 
The eggs number from four to seven, light brownish- 
white, sparingly marked with streaks and spots of dark 
brown. 
THE ROSEATE TERN. 
So rare a breeder with us has this bird become, that a 
celebrated authority recently included it in a work on 
British Birds’ Nests only after some hesitation; but I am 
pleased to say that two pairs bred last year in one of their 
old haunts well known to me. The nest is simply a 
hollow in the sand or shingle of a small rocky island, at no 
great height from the sea. The eggs number two or three, 
and exactly resemble in coloration and size those of the 
Common and Arctic Terns. 
THE RINGED PLOVER. 
Tus pretty little bird makes no nest in the proper sense 
of the word, although I have found a few pebbles and 
