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by a layer of finer grass, and the interior lined with horse- 

 hair. 



THE JACK SNIPE. 



ACCORDING to some of the very best authorities on British 

 ornithology, the Jack Snipe does not breed in these islands 

 although an occasional nest is said to have been found. 

 The bird is only a winter migrant, and breeds in the 

 neighbourhood of St. Petersburg. The eggs are four in 

 number, of a yellowish olive colour, spotted with two shades 

 of brown, especially on the larger end. 



THE GYR FALCON. 



THE Gyr Falcon does not build in the British Isles, 

 but in Iceland, Greenland, and the northern districts 

 of Europe and America. The nest is composed of sticks, 

 seaweed, and mosses, and is situated in lofty precipices. 

 The eggs are two in number, mottled nearly all over with 

 pale reddish-brown on a dull white ground. They are 

 larger than those of the Peregrine Falcon, but very similar 

 in shape and colour, as well as in the mode in which the 

 colour is disposed over the surface. 



THE FIELDFARE. 



A FIELDFARE'S nest has never, within my personal know- 

 ledge, been found in the British Isles, the birds breeding 

 in the more northern parts of Europe, such as Norway and 



