WHITETHROAT 



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however, the first nest is seldom completed before the end 

 of May. The bird occasionally builds close to a public 

 road, or in the immediate vicinity also of a dwelling- 

 house. 



The eggs, four, five, or six in number, are of a greenish- 

 white ground colour, with spots and speckles of grey and 

 brownish grey. Some are more of a stone- coloured ground. 



