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the ground, and likewise at times on a rough bank among 

 moss, brambles, or shrubs, as also, where the country is 

 unwooded, on the level ground, at the most under the shelter 

 of some projecting stone or crag, in the crevice of a rock, or 

 in a tuft of heath. 



Mr. John H. Blundell, of Luton, Bedfordshire, informs me 

 that he has found the nest of a Thrush in the side of a wheat 

 stack. The Rev. W. Waldo Cooper, of West Rasen, Lincoln- 

 shire, records in the Zoologist, page 1775, that he has found 

 one on the ground, three feet from the nearest bush ; and 

 Mr. John Barlow relates a similar instance. 



The eggs, usually four or five in number, are of a beautiful 

 clear greenish blue colour, with distinct black or rusty brown 

 spots and dots, principally over the larger end. Unspotted 

 varieties are not very uncommon. The eggs vary consider- 

 ably in size, some being very small. 



