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unwooded, 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 round wheat stack. 

 The Rev. "W. Waldo Cooper, of West Rasen, Lincolnshire, records in 

 the ' Zoologist/ page 1775, that he has found one on the ground, three 

 feet from the nearest bush; and at page 1023, John Barlow, Esq. relates 

 a similar instance. 



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

 greenish blue colour, with more or fewer distinct black spots and dots, 

 principally over the larger end. The youngest of my three boys, 

 Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris, has one entirely plain, with the 

 exception of a single dot. N. Rowe, Esq., of Worcester College, has 

 taken the eggs of a uniform blue, without any spots or specks; and 

 J. R. Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has another of the same 

 variety. James Dalton, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, has for- 

 warded me another they seem to be not very uncommon. They vary 

 considerably in size: some are very small. 



