NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



is well hidden, and is composed of dead 

 grass and bits of moss, with an inner 

 lining of fine, fibrous grass. 



The eggs, numbering from four to 

 seven, are of a pale rosy-white ground 

 colour, very thickly spotted and speckled, 

 especially at the larger end, with reddish- 

 brown. 



The bird approaches and leaves its 

 nest in the most mouse-like manner. I 

 have frequently taken it for one running 

 through the rough matted grass, even 

 when I knew the exact whereabouts of 

 its home which I was approaching. 



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