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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



with lines and spots of a darker tinge ; back and 

 wing feathers closest thereto dark brown, bordered 

 with rusty brown, and tipped with white ; wing- 

 coverts greyish-brown, and green patch on wing 

 duller. The white band over the eye is duller, and 

 tinged with yellow. Chin white ; breast greyish- 

 white, marked with two shades of brown. Sides 

 and flanks light brown, marked with a darker tinge 

 of the same colour. 



Situation and Locality. -On the ground in a tuft 



HOME OF THE GARGANEY. 



of rushes or sedge ; amongst reed beds and coarse 

 rank herbage on the rough banks of broads, rivers, 

 and marshy pools in Norfolk and Suffolk, where 

 alone the bird is now said to breed, and is, un- 

 happily, on the decrease. 



Materials. Rushes, leaves, dry grass, and small 

 brown tufts of down with long white tips from 

 the bird's own body. 



Eggs. Eight to thirteen or fourteen. Creamy 

 white, of varying shades, very similar indeed to 



