FOR CAGES AND A VI ARIES. 



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The Yellow-Hammer. 



This handsome bird is a resident about 6 inches in 

 length, chestnut brown and bright yellow in colour; the 

 female has much less 

 of the latter on her 

 head and neck. Its 

 song is pretty and is 

 commonly represented 

 by the words "a little 

 bit o' bread and no 

 che-ee-se." The nest, 

 very compactly built 

 of grass and roots and 

 lined with hair, is 

 placed in a low bush, 

 and there are three, 

 sometimes four, broods 

 of five or six each 

 in the year. The eggs 

 are grey, streaked with 

 zig-zag lines of pur- 

 plish brown, and stud- 

 ded with small dark 

 spots. The young are 

 easily reared on ants' 

 eggs and bread and 

 milk, as also are those of all the Buntings. 



THE YELLOW-HAMMER. 



THE BUTCHER BIRD. See Shrike (Great). 



THE BUZZARD. See under Hawks. 



THE MOOR BUZZARD. See Harrier (Marsh). 



