368 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



inner lining of fine grass and horsehair. The nest 

 varies in bulk according to situation. 



Eggs. Three to six,, generally four or five. 

 Ground colour dingy white, tinged with purple, and 

 streaked, veined, spotted, and blotched with dark 

 purplish-brown, the streaks and lines generally ter- 

 minating in a spot of the same colour. There are 

 also underlying markings of purplish-grey. Subject 

 to great variation. Size about *88 by -65 in. The 

 purple tinge of the ground colour and the thick 

 scribbling lines distinguish them from those of the 

 Girl Bunting, with which they are likely to be 

 confused. 



Time. April, May, June, July, and August. 



Remarks. Eesident. Notes : cliit, chit, followed 

 by a long, harsh chire-r-r. Bechstein represents the 

 song by te, te, te, te, te, te, t-ivyee, but it is popularly 

 interpreted in this country as Bit o' bread and no 

 chee-e-e-se. Local and other names : Yellow Bunting, 

 Yellow Yowley, Goldspink, Yoist, Yellow Yite, 

 Yellow Yoldring, Yeldrock, Yellow Yeldring. A very 

 close sitter. 



NEWLY-HATCHED GULL. 



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