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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



inner lining of fine grass and horsehair. The nest 

 varies in hulk according to situation. 



JEggs. — Three to six, generally fonr or five. 

 Ground colour dingy white, tinged with purple, and 

 streaked, veined, spotted, and blotched with dark 

 purplish-brown, the streaks and lines generally ter- 

 minating in a spot of the same colour. There are 

 also underlying markings of purplish-grey. Subject 

 to great variation. Size about '88 by -65 in. The 

 purple tinge of the ground colour and the thick 

 scribbling lines distinguish them from those of the 

 Cirl Bunting, with which they are likely to be 

 confused. 



Time. — April, May, June, July, and August. 



liemarlxs. — Resident. Notes : cJiit, chit, followed 

 by a long, harsh cliire-r-r. Bechstein represents the 

 song by te, te, te, te, te, te, tiri/ee, but it is popularly 

 interpreted iu this country as Bit o' bread and no 

 cliee-e-e-se. Local and other names : Yellow Bunting, 

 Yellow Yowley, Goldspink, Yoist, Yellow Yite, 

 Yellow Yoldring, Yeldrock, Y^ellow Yeldring. Avery 

 close sitter. 



NEWLY-HATCHED GULL 



Printed bv Cassell & Compakv, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, 



5-30G 



