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OUR IRISH SONG BIRDS. 



OUR SONG BIRDS' NESTS AND EGGS. 

 (Compiled from The Field Naturalist, by Rev. J. G.Wood.) 



Popular Name. 

 Missel Thrush. 

 Fieldfare. 

 Redwing. 

 Song Thrush. 

 Ring Ousel. 

 Water Ousel. 

 Nightingale. 

 Blackcap. 

 Garden Warbler. 

 Whitethroat. 

 Wood Warbler. 

 Willow Warbler. 

 Chiff-chaff. 



Grasshopper Warbler. 

 Sedge Warbler. 

 Redstart. 

 Tree Pipit. 

 Meadow Pipit. 

 Rock Pipit. 

 Skylark. 

 Woodlark. 

 Snow Bunting. 

 Corn Bunting. 

 Reed Bunting. 

 Yellow Bunting. 

 Robin. 



Hedge Sparrow. 

 Wren. 

 Stonechat. 

 Whinchat. 



Locality of Nest. 



Trees. 



Never known to breed here 



Hardly ever nests here. 



Bushes and Hedges. 



On or near ground. 



Holes in stream-banks. 



Hedges and bushes. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 On the ground. 



Do. 



On or near the ground. 

 Tufts of grass and bushes. 

 Bushes and reeds. 

 Holes in trees and walls. 

 On the ground. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Does not breed here. 

 On or near the ground. 

 On the ground, near water. 

 Low bushes or hedge-banks 

 Almost anywhere. 

 Hedges and bushes. 

 Banks, thatch, walls. 

 On or near the ground. 



Do. 



Average 

 No. of Eggs. 



4-5 



4-5 



3-5 



5-6 



4-5 



4-5 



4-6 



4-5 



6 



5-7 



6 



5-7 



5-6 



4-6 



5-6 



4-6 



4-5 



3-5 



4-5 



4-5 



4-5 



3-5 



5-7 



4-5 



6-10 



5-6 



5-6 



