PLATE II 

 BLACKBI RD. Turdus merula 



May 7//z, 1897. I stumbled across this nest as I was walking up a small 

 glen in South Perthshire : the bird flew away hurriedly and disclosed her 

 nest. It was built on the ground in a patch of dog's-mercury on a very 

 steep bank, and was placed on a piece of a dead branch embedded in the 

 moss and grass. 



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