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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



which the bird regularly attempts to breed. This is 

 one among many of the facts which serve to illus- 

 trate the rapidity with which our rarer birds are 

 being banished. Our picture of a nest containing 

 a newly hatched young one and eggs was secured by 

 my brother in Holland. And the tailpiece to this 

 article represents the place where a few years ago 

 probably the last attempt was made by a pair of 

 these rare birds to breed in Norfolk. The nest was 

 built, but before the unfortunate hen had a chance 

 of laying in it she was ruthlessly slain. 



Materials. Sticks, twigs, rushes, and reeds in 

 rather large quantities, lined with dead grass. 



Eggs. Three to five or six. White, sometimes 

 slightly tinged with pale bluish-green or milk-blue, 

 and upon rare occasions marked with a few spots 

 of rusty-red. Size about 1.95 by 1.55 in. 



Time. May. 



Remarks. Resident, but wandering. Notes: 

 male, koi or kai ; female, pitz pitz, peep peep. 

 Local and other names : Duck Hawk, White-headed 

 Harpy, Moor Harrier, Moor Buzzard, Puttock, Marsh 

 Hawk, Bald Buzzard. Sits lightly. 



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