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in its concealment. The young quit the nest early, 

 even before they are fully able to fly, if alarmed for 

 their safety. Two broods, and not uncommonly three, 

 are reared in the season; in the south of Scotland, 

 however, the first nest is seldom completed before the 

 end of May. The bird has been known to build close 

 to a public road, and in the immediate vicinity also 

 of an occupied dwelling-house. 



The eggs, four or five in number, are of a greenish- 

 white ground colour, with spots and speckles of greenish 

 grey and brownish grey. Some are more of a stone- 

 coloured ground. 



One variety is of a lightish green, with a few 

 spots of dark green. 



A second is mottled, of a dull yellowish green, 

 with a few distinct green spots. 



A third is chiefly composed of marbled yellowish 

 green, with a band of green blots at the thicker end, 

 and a few blotted dots of the same. 



A fourth is of a light mottled yellowish-white, 

 with a few spots of dull green, nearly all about the 

 base. 



A fifth is of a greyish green, with some large 

 blots of yellowish green, and a few small ones chiefly 

 at the larger end. 



W. Bridger, Esq., has forwarded me a specimen 

 of the nest for the use of this work; and J. G. Bonney, 

 Esq., of Rugeley, Staffordshire, a variety of the egg. 



