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the thickest furze and difficult to find, is made of grass and furze shoots, 

 lined with a little wool and moss. Four or five greenish-white eggs, 

 with olive or reddish brown markings (see British Bird Egg Cabinet, 

 drawer 2) are laid in the end of April or the beginning of May. Two 

 broods are reared in a season. 



Case 133. 



WOOD- WARBLER or WOOD- WREN (Phylloscojyus sibilatrix). 

 Local name : Fell Peggy. 

 One of the latest summer visitors, arriving in the south of England 

 about the middle of April. Though somewhat local, it is not uncommon 

 in wooded districts, preferring old plantations of oak or beech, where it 

 may be seen searching for insects among the higher branches. Its 

 domed nest is always placed on the ground among herbage, and is 

 invariably lined with fine grass and hair, never with feathers. Five to 

 seven white eggs, thickly spotted with purplish-brown and grey (see 

 British Bird Egg Cabinet, drawer 2), are laid about the middle of May. 



Case 134. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL {Motacilla ran). 

 Local names : Yellow Hand-Stir, Seedfore. 

 A not uncommon summer visitor, arriving early in April and 

 departing in September. It is generally distributed during the breeding 

 season throughout England, the south of Scotland and in parts of 

 Ireland. The nest, of moss and dry grass, lined with feathers, hair and 

 fine roots, is placed upon the ground and well concealed among rank 

 grass and herbage. Four to six greyish-white eggs, mottled with 

 yellowish brown (see British Bird Egg Cabinet, drawer 3), are laid 

 towards the end of May. Two broods are sometimes reared in the 

 season . 



Case 135. 



GREY WAGTAIL {Motacilla melanope). 

 Local name : Rock Wagtail. 

 The Grey Wagtail is nowhere a very abundant species and is far 

 more shy and local than the other Wagtails. It frequents secluded 

 spots especially the neighbourhood of clear, rocky or gravelly water- 

 courses. The nest is generally close to a stream on some rugged part 

 of the bank, and is made of fibrous roots, dry grass and moss, lined 

 with wool and hair or feathers. The eggs are from five to six in numbei'. 

 french white, closely mottled, and sufiused with a very pale brown or 

 olive (see British Bird Egg Cabinet, drawer 3). Two broods are reared 

 in a season, the first is usually fledged by the end of May, and tlie 

 second in Jul v. 



