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Mr. Dashwood, writing to Mr. Hewitson, 'another pair 

 of Bramblings built, placing their nest on the ground, 

 close to a shrub or a tuft of grass. The outside of 

 the nest was made of moss, and it was lined with 

 hair. From this nest I removed four eggs on the ist. 

 of August; on the i;th. of June, 1840, they laid again, 

 having built in the ivy. This nest I did not disturb, 

 but although the eggs were hatched, they did not 

 succeed in rearing the young ones.' 



In the 'Account of the Birds found in Norfolk,' 

 the authors mention the following instance, or rather 

 instances, of these birds nesting in confinement, 

 communicated to them by a gentleman residing near 

 Norwich. A pair of Bramblings built a nest in an 

 aviary in the last week in the month of June, 1842, 

 and two eggs were laid, both of which were removed 

 and found to be good. In June, 1843, the same birds 

 again nested, and the female laid two eggs, and these 

 having been removed, they formed a second nest in a 

 different spot, in which four eggs were deposited. 



The last nest, together with the eggs, was 

 accidentally destroyed, and it was not ascertained 

 whether the eggs laid during the year were good or 

 not. 



The eggs are four or five in number, of a pale 

 greyish colour, spotted with reddish brown. 



The first figure is from an egg laid in the aviary 

 of Mr. Dashwood, of Beccles. The second is from a 

 specimen in the cabinet of J. R. De C. Wise, Esq. 



One is of a dull bluish green faintly freckled with 

 brown, with a few large distinct brown spots. 



A second is a very light dull green tinged with 

 red, with a good many red and dark brown spots. 



A third is grounded with dull bluish green with 



