THE YELLOW HAMMER. 



smaller than her mate, is much less 

 yellow, and the markings on her head are 

 darker. Both sexes take a share in the 

 work of incubation. 



YELLOW HAMMER'S NEST AND EGGS. 



The nest is built in hedge banks, at the 



foot of light open bushes, under brambles, 



and sometimes even in gorse bushes and 



thick evergreen hedges at a considerable 



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