28 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



measurements given ; however, the size 

 mentioned above gives a fairly correct 

 idea of the more solid part of the nest. 



The typical nest of the Welsh Buzzard 

 is constructed, on the outside, of stout 

 sticks, smaller twigs on these, often 

 pieces of ivy intertwined with them, and 

 coarse grasses ; while the inside is lined 

 with patches of sheep's wool and coarse 

 mountain grass. The whole structure is 

 rather flat, and measures about two feet 

 four inches across. 



In some of the well-wooded parts I 

 have sometimes found a nest somewhat 

 similar to those made in the wilder parts 

 that is, very few if any sticks, and a few 

 pieces of dried grass tufts and sheep's 

 wool as a lining. The only theory that 

 I can bring forward to account for these 

 nests is, that they are made by young 

 birds which have not had any previous 

 experience of nest building. It is those 

 nests that have been repaired each year, 



