212 THE COMMON BIRDS 
so well-shaped under eaves, etc. ; Kzingfisher, 
at the bottom of a long hole in a bank of a 
stream ; Lapwing, a rough nest on the ground, 
sometimes only a depression; Long-tailed 
Tit, a beautiful domed nest with lichen 
outside, and one or two holes for entrance 
and exit; Starling, a mass of material in 
some hole or crack, im trees or gutters; eter 
Swan, a large heaped-up nest on the ground ; 
Wild Duck (Mallard) and other ducks, little 
material sometimes, on the ground, and cover 
eggs with down when the whole clutch is 
laid ; Common (Jenny) Wren, a domed nest of 
various materials, often with lichen outside, 
sometimes of grass, etc., only; Wryneck, 
in a hole in a tree ; Coot, a heaped-up nest on 
the ground, almost flat at the top or floating ; 
Moorhen, ditto; Full Snipe, a rather careless 
nest on the ground ; House-martin, of clay pel- 
lets hanging under eaves of houses; /ackdaw, 
a rough piled-up nest with plenty of material ; 
Sand-martin, in a cavity at the end of a hole 
in a sand bank; Nuthatch, builds in a hole 
in a tree, etc. ; Stock-dove, Woodpigeon (Ring- 
