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The eggs are bluish white. 



" It is rare ; concealing itself in furze and thick 

 hedges ; and discovering itself by its note, exactly 

 resembling that of the mole-cricket ( ' Gryllotalpa 

 vulgaris") (Montagu.) 



6. CINEREA. WHITE THROAT, OR NETTLE- 

 CREEPER. 



S. supra cinerea, subtus alba, rectrice prima longitu- 

 dinaliter dimidiato alba, secunda apice alba. 

 Shaw. 



The bill is dusky brown above, white beneath ; 

 irides yellowish ; the whole upper parts from head 

 to tail are cinereous brown ; the wing coverts the 

 darkest, bordered with brown, inclining to rufous; 

 the quills are dusky, slightly edged with cinereous 

 brown ; the under parts from chin to tail are greyish 

 white, the darkest on the breast and thighs ; in some 

 the breast has a rosy tinge ; the tail is like the quills ; 

 the outer feathers white, except at the base of the 

 inner web ; the legs are pale brown. (Montagu.) 



The white throat arrives in spring, and migrates 

 in autumn. 



Tt forms its nest of goose grass, fibres and hair. 



The female lays 4 or 5 light brown or ash co- 

 loured eggs. 



