EGGS AXD FGG-COLLECTING. 107 



THE WRYNECK. 



Fhe eggs of this bird are from five to eight in number, of 

 i pure white. She makes her nest in holes in the trunks 

 )f trees. It is made of dry, rotten Avood, which is ground 

 lown to a kind of powder, and it has been found lined 

 with moss and feathers. C&l *c<*jL enJ ^£a>uZ ?/ 



THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WEEN. 

 Pitts little bird, like the others of its tribe, lays a consider- 

 ible number of eggs for its small size. They are eight or 

 nine in number, thickly spotted with reddish-brown, these 

 spots being confluent at the larger end. The underground 

 colour is a faint fleshy tint. Her nest is made of moss 

 and lichens, and is lined with willow-down and feathers. 

 The outside of the nest generally harmonises with its 

 situation, which is amongst the branches of a tree, 

 generally of the fir, from a branch of which the nest is 

 usually suspended. 



THE WHITETHROAT. 

 The Whitethroat lays four or five eggs of a greenish- 

 white coloui', spotted with brown and gray, the spots 

 forming a zone or belt round the larger end, and much 

 thicker. Her nest is made of dead grass and a little hair, 

 loosely attached, the nest being carelessly made. It is 

 situated in low thick herbage, or amongst nettles, or other 

 ground weeds. 



THE SISKIN. 



Tins bird lays four or five eggs of a bluish ground colour, 

 some being spotted all over with cloudy rusty spots, others 

 with these spots well defined about the larger end. Her 



