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diameter by 2 in. deep. It was almost on the 

 ground, being built up from it in a rough sort of 

 cone shape as are many nests of the Corn-Bunting 

 to a height of 5^ in. It is principally composed 

 of extremely coarse grass, lined with finer grass and 

 black and brown horsehair in strands. 



Number IV shows a big frontage and is 

 altogether a large, untidy structure. It was built 

 very loosely in a bramble about 2^ feet from the 

 ground. It is mainly made of hay, collected from 

 a rick close by, although the foundations (which, 

 as in the preceding specimen, are cone-shaped) 

 exhibit withered leaves and moss ; and its lining 

 is a quite plentiful layer of coils of black and white 

 horsehair, on which chequered matting the rich 

 and darkly-marked eggs hardly showed up at all. 

 A few small dried leaves adorn the rim. Its 

 measurements are: circumference 16^ in., external 

 diameter 5 in., height 3 in., and "egg-basin' 

 2^ in. across by 2 in. deep. 



Number V is rough and straggling externally, 

 measuring 15 in. in circumference, 5 in. by 6 in. 

 across ; then, " egg-cup " 2| in. by 2^ in. by l^in. 

 deep. It is made of dead flowering plantains 

 (heads and all), other varieties of weeds, a little 

 dried grass, one bit of straw, and a fair quantity of 

 moss in the foundations with a " gick " or so, lined 

 with fine grass, black and white horsehair in 

 strands, and one or two small pieces of wool. 



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