;>b DUNNOCK. 



out of the nest by the parents, and was of a bluish white colour, 

 mottled and speckled with light brown; it was much rounder than the 

 usual shape, and was empty inside. 



Incubation lasts eleven days, and two broods are often reared in the 

 year; preparations for one being made about the middle of March, and 

 for the latter at the beginning of May: three are sometimes hatched. 

 Meyer, in his 'British Birds/ mentions his having seen a nest on the 

 21st. of January, and that he found one with a newly-laid egg in it on 

 the 22nd. of July. The same situation is frequently resorted to from 

 year to year. 



