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NEST AND EGGS OF THE WILLOW-LARK. 



PLATE LXX. 



The Sedge-Bird, or Willow-Lark, makes a pretty 

 round nest, amongst sedges or rushes, beside still rivers 

 or ponds of water. The specimen before me is made 

 of moss and wool, bound about with the stalks of 

 plants and flowery panicles of grass. The middle coat 

 consists of wool, moss, and cow's hair ; and the lining 

 is a mixture of black and white hairs, with a few fine 

 fibres of roots intermixed. The eggs are five or six, 

 of a dull olive-colour, and unspotted; but having some- 

 times one or two black lines near the bi^ end. This 



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is a rare bird about Halifax, but plentiful in some parts 

 of Lancashire, where it inhabits the borders of still 

 ponds and marl-pits. 



The Willow-Lark comes to us in April and retires 

 in September. 



