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lined, according to some, with mud, within which a gain 

 is another lining of similar materials to those of which 

 the outside is compacted. When the young are hatched, 

 the parent birds naturally fly at and about any intruder. 



The eggs are pale greenish blue, sparingly freckled 

 with pale purple and reddish-brown markings, except 

 at the larger end, where those obscurations are confluent, 

 and entirely conceal the ground colour. They are 

 four or five in number, sometimes, it is said, six. 



The plate is from an egg sent to W. R. Fisher, 

 Esq. by Mr. Heysham. 



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