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near water, and there places its nest of dry grass 

 stems, lined with moss and a little horse-hair. 

 It lays four to six greenish-grey eggs, freckled 

 with darker colour (Plate VII., Fig. 6). 



A difficult nest to find is that of the 

 Meadow Pipit, or Titlark (Anthus pratensis). 

 Its eggs resemble those of the lark, but are 

 much smaller. The nest is placed on the 

 ground, and is composed of dry grass lined 

 with bents and hair, and contains five or six 

 eggs pale grey, freckled with brown (Plate 

 VII., Fig. 7). 



The Linnet (Linota cannabina) builds in a 

 furze or whin- bush. The materials are moss, 

 roots, and wool, lined with feathers. It 

 contains four to six eggs of a bluish-white 

 shade, with reddish-brown and dark purple 

 spots and shading (Plate VII., Fig. 8). 



I shall choose as my last example that 

 friend of man, the Swallow (Hirundo rustica). 

 It places its nest under the eaves of a house, 

 or lintel of a window, or on the ledge of an 

 out-house, building it skilfully of mud and 

 straw lined with feathers. The eggs are four 

 to six in number, white, with brown, grey, 

 and chocolate spots, which are mostly at the 



