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brown blotches. She generally makes no nest at all, 

 but scratches a hollow in the soft earth on a ledge o rock 

 situated on high mountain or sea cliffs. The deserted nest 

 of the crow is sometimes utilised. 



THE EOBIN. 



THIS beautiful little bird, the favourite of English children, 

 builds her nest in walls and banks, where roots and moss 

 abound. It is composed of moss, fibrous roots, and leaves, 

 and is sometimes lined with hair. She lays five or six 

 eggs of a very light gray, spotted with a dull light red ; 

 sometimes these spots are very few. 



THE REDPOLL. 



THE eggs of this bird are four or five in number, of a very 

 pale blue-green colour, spotted about the larger end with 

 orange-red. The eggs retain much of their pretty colour 

 after being blown, they are of such a beautiful blue. She 

 makes her nest of hay and moss, lined inside with willow- 

 down, and finishes it off in the most beautiful manner. 

 She builds her nest in willows, alders, and other bushes 

 that fringe streams and ponds in mountainous districts. 



THE RINGDOVE. 



THE Ringdove makes a very loose, slovenly nest of twigs 

 and sticks, and it is sometimes so badly built that the eggs 

 may be seen through the bottom of the nest. She builds 

 in fir, yew, or other trees, sometimes in ivy that grows 

 upon rocks and trees, very near the ground. She lays two 

 white eggs of a rounded oval shape. 



