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in more than one part of this district. They must breed very late 

 in the year, from the late period of their departure hence, and the 

 distance of the countries to which many of them resort for that pur- 

 pose. It breeds very abundantly in Norway, and also in Sweden, 

 Russia, and Siberia, not to mention other and more southerly 

 countries in Europe. Their nests, in Norway, are usually built 

 against the trunk of the spruce-fir, and at very variable heights from 

 the ground. They are said to be very like those of the Ring Ousel, 

 except that small twigs are added to the outside structure. The 

 eggs are from three to five, and are very like those of the Ring 

 Ousel, but with somewhat more red about them. The Fieldfare 

 seems to prefer breeding in numerous groups or colonies, two or 

 three hundred nests being frequently seen within a rather limited 

 space. 



/?Y' REDWING. 



This winter visitor has been known to breed occasionally, but yet 

 only very exceptionally, in this country. A nest was brought to me 

 many summers since, which, from its construction, the size and colour- 

 ing of the eggs, and especially from the description of the bird 

 which my informant saw leaving the nest, I have little doubt was a 

 Redwing. It breeds abundantly in Sweden, and in lesser numbers 

 in Norway, and is described as being a very sweet singer, as heard 

 among the forest solitudes of the latter country. Its nest is very 

 similar to those of the Blackbird, Ring Ousel, and Fieldfare, in 

 materials and structure. The eggs are four to six in number, and 

 very similar, allowing for a little inferiority in size, to those of the 

 Fieldfare, and to very red specimens of the Ring Ousel's. A nest, 

 with the parent birds, was kept for years at Kildale Hall, in the 

 North Riding. It was found in the parish. 



q (> SNOW BUNTING. 

 This bird resorts in the breeding season to the " Arctic regions 



