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SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. 
BEAM BIRD. RAFTER. COBWEB BIRD. 
BEE BIRD. CHERRY CHOPPER. POST BIRD. CHERRY- 
SUCKER: CHANCHIDER. 
Y GWYBEDOG, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH. 
PLATE XXXVIII. 
Muscicdpa grisold, « . «  Monvaeu. Pennant. 
NIDIFICATION commences immediately after the arrival 
of the birds; they almost seem to have paired before 
their migration, or if not, at all events they do so at 
once when here. 
The nest, which is built at the beginning of June, 
is composed of various materials, such as small twigs, 
catkins, and moss, lined with feathers, hair, down, and 
cobwebs. The same situation is resorted. to year after 
year, and scarce any attempt is made at concealment. 
A pair which built in the trellis-work close to the 
drawing-room window of a house I once resided in, 
not being disturbed, returned there three successive 
summers, and I hope that they or their descendants do 
so still. Another pair have now for two seasons built in 
the same way, in the trellis-work over the drawing- 
room window of Nafferton Vicarage, in which this 
account of it is written. A favourite resort is such 
a place, or a tree trained against a wall, on account 
of the support afforded by it. 
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