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THE GRASSHOPPEE WARBLER. 



THE nest of this shy little summer visitor is usually well 

 concealed near the ground, in the middle of a thick bush. 

 It is constructed of strong dry grass and moss outside, 

 with an inner lining of slender grass. The eggs number 

 from four to seven, and are of a pale rosy-coloured white, 

 with spots and speckles all over of a darker-shaded red. 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



THE mate of this king of birds builds her nest in the most 

 desolate and unapproachable parts of Scotland and Ireland, 

 where even the skilful and daring cragsman can with diffi- 

 culty come. The eyrie is made of sticks, a supply being 

 added each year until an enormous pile is collected, almost 

 flat at the top. The eggs number from two to three, and 

 are of a grey or dingy-white colour, clouded and blotched 

 nearly all over with rusty or reddish-brown spots. 



THE EIDER DUCK. 



THIS useful member of the Duck family breeds on 

 the Scottish coast and at the Fame Islands, and on 

 the shores of Norway and Sweden, in great numbers. The 

 nest is made of dried grasses, weeds, &c. ; and as the pro- 

 cess of incubation advances, like the Shoveller, the mother 

 lines the nest profusely with the beautiful down from its 

 body. The eggs usually number five, and are of a light 

 green colour, oblong in shape. 



THE TAWNY OWL. 



A HOLLOW in a tree, or the deserted nest of a Crow, serves 

 this nocturnal bird for a nest. The eggs are of an 



