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of the sea. Upon a large furze-common near Kingsbridge 
three pairs of old birds were observed on the 16th of July, 
two pair of these had young evidently by their extreme 
clamour, and by frequently appearing with food in their 
bills.” 
“‘On the 17th my researches were renewed ; and after 
watching for three hours the motions of another pair, I 
discovered the nest with three young; it was placed among 
the dead branches of the thickest furze, about two feet 
from the ground, slightly fastened between the main stems, 
not in a fork. On the same day a pair were observed to 
be busied, carrying materials for building ; and by conceal- 
ing myself in the bushes, I soon discovered the place of 
nidification, and, upon examination, found the nest was 
just begun. As early as the 19th, the nest appeared to be 
finished ; but it possessed only one egg on the 21st, and on 
the 26th it contained four, when the nest and eggs were 
secured.” 
“The nest is composed of dry vegetable stalks, par- 
ticularly goose-grass, mixed with the tender dead branches 
of furze, not sufficiently hardened to become prickly ; these 
are put together in a very loose manner, and intermixed 
very sparingly with wool. In one of the nests was a single 
Partridge’s feather. The lining is equally sparing, for it 
consists only of a few dry stalks of some fine species of 
Carex, without a single leaf of the plant, and only two or 
three of the panicles. This thin flimsy structure, which the 
eye pervades in all parts, much resembles the nest of the 
Whitethroat. ‘The eggs are also somewhat similar to those 
of the Whitethroat, but rather less, weighing only twenty- 
two grains; like the eggs of that species, they possess a 
slight tinge of green; they are fully speckled all over with 
olivaceous-brown and _ cinereous, on a _ greenish white 
