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NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREEN WREN. 



PLATE LXIV. 



The manners of this bird greatly resemble those of 

 the Pettychaps, particularly in regard to nesting. The 

 nest I describe, was built amongst moss, under a bill- 

 berry-bush. The first coat consisted of a few sprigs 

 of moss, with a great many stalks of dry grass. The 

 nest 'is pretty deep, and to the north side arched 

 over with windlestraws, and other dried stalks of 

 plants ; so that the bird enters by one side, as does the 

 Brown Wren. The lining consists of soft bents and 

 feathers. In this nest was eight eggs, white, and 

 thickly covered near the big end with blood-red 

 spots. 



