THE WILLOW WREN. 



tion of something like six feet from a 

 much-used garden path. The specimen 

 figured in our illustration was situated 

 in the mouth of 

 a rabbit burrow in 

 Aberdeenshire. 





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YOUNG WILLOW WRENS. 



The structure is dome-shaped with a 

 hole in front, and is composed of dead 

 grass, moss, and occasionally a few dead 

 leaves and fern fronds lined internally 

 with hair and a liberal number of feathers. 

 On one occasion I examined the lining of 

 a Willow Wren's nest and found that it 

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