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own residence of Nafferton Vicarage, within a dozen yards of the house, 

 and with hardly any attempt at concealment. The same tree will be 

 often returned to year after year, if the birds be undisturbed; and 

 Frederick Bond, Esq., of Kingsbury, has known the same nest used 

 twice in the same season. They will suffer other species to build near 

 to them, so close as within a foot distance, and that without any 

 molestation even during the time of incubation, when to those who 

 casually approach their nest they display unqualified hostility. 



The eggs are from three or four to five in number, of a greenish or 

 reddish white colour, spotted irregularly with reddish brown or purple 

 red: they vary in size as well as in colour. 



One is of a pale dull green, marked with some large reddish brown 

 spots, and a few others of the same, chiefly about the base. 



A second is of a dull yellowish brown, spotted with dull red spots, 

 and a few others, chiefly of dull yellow aud dull pink. 



A third is of a pale dull yellowish white, speckled with small pale 

 brown and pale yellowish brown spots all over. 



A fourth is of a pale dull brownish green, marked with dark brownish 

 and yellowish spots chiefly at the smaller end. 



A fifth is of a rather dull blue with some blots of pale brownish red. 



A sixth is pale dull pinkish white with brown and red round spots 

 all over. 



