346 BRITISH XIItDS' XESTS. 



the grey on the head and neck and the rosy tinge 

 on her under-parts. 



Situation and Locality. Amongst nettles, 

 brambles, thick rough grass, wild rose bushes, on 

 hedgebanks in woods ; on banks of streams, and 

 wooded commons in nearly all suitable localities 

 throughout the United Kingdom. One of those in 

 our illustrated page was in a hedgebank, and the 

 other, containing one egg and one newly-hatched 

 young one, in a small open bush several feet away 

 from a hedge. The nest was so much canted over 

 on one side that the egg and young one were in 

 danger of falling out. 



Materials. Dry grass stems and hair. The 

 nest is deep, very flirnsily constructed, and loosely 

 attached. 



Eggs. Four to six, a dirty greenish- white, 

 spotted and speckled with grey and brown. The 

 spots are larger but not so pronounced as those of 

 the Lesser Whitethroat ; nor do they so often 

 form a zone at the larger end, according to my 

 experience. The ground colour is not of so clear a 

 white either. Size about '72 by '55 in. 



Time. May, June, and July. The photograph 

 of the nest with the young one in was taken in 

 the last month. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in April and 

 departing in September or October ; individual 

 specimens have, however, been observed as late 

 as December. Notes: song " consists of numerous 

 agreeable strains given in rapid succession " whilst 

 the bird is in the air. Local and other names : 

 Nettle Creeper. Sits closely. 



