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THRUSH. Turdus musicus. 

 PLATE XYL FIG. 3. 



THE Thrush places its nest in nearly the 

 same situations as the blackbird. The outside 

 of the nest is composed of small sticks and 

 fine roots, interwoven with green moss. The 

 inside is plastered with a composition of 

 rotten wood and cow-dung, which, when dry, 

 forms a shell of so close a texture as to be 

 impervious to water. The eggs, four or five 

 in number, are about an inch long, of a beau- 

 tiful bright blue colour, and sparingly marked 

 towards the larger end with well-defined black 

 spots. A further account of the thrush's nest 

 will be found at page 35. 



BULLFINCH. Pyrrlmla vulyaris. 

 PLATE XVI. FIG. 2. 



THE nest of the Bullfinch must be searched 

 for in a shrubbery of evergreens, an ivy-covered 



