Englifli Singing'BirJs, § 



iiay, '&c. The Infide very curioufly plaifter- 

 ed with Cow-dung, not dawbed, as fome have 

 faid, but with better Skill than many of our 

 P.laifterers could do the fame Work. NotCy 

 the Black-bird always Plaifters with Clay or 

 Mud, this Bird always with Cow-dung; the 

 other lays a Covering of foft Stuff in the 

 Infide to lay her Eggs upon ; the ^hurjh lays 

 hers upon the bare Infide or Plaiftering,- 

 but not 'till it is thoroughly dry \ five or fix 

 in Number, of a bluifh green Coloujt, fpeck- 

 ied with a few fmall black Spots, chiefly at 

 the biggeft End. 



The Hollow of a compleat Nel! I rriea« 

 fured, was two Inches and a Half deep; the 

 Diameter of the Infide at the Top four Inches ; 

 it was exadly round, and the whole Neft 

 weighed one Ounce and three Quarters. — I 

 examined two more at the fame Time, which 

 were nearly of the fame Dimenfions with this, 

 but in Weight, one three Ounces, the other 

 three and an Half. The Length of a full 

 grown Bird, from the Point of the Bill, to 

 the end of the Tail, is nine Inches; of which 

 the Bill is one, and the Tail three and a 

 half; therefore, allowing for Tail, Bill, and 

 Head, which always lie out when fhe fits in 

 her Neft, the Cavity is juft fitted to receive 

 her Body. The fame I have obferved of the 

 Nefts of fome other Birds ; efpecially fuch 

 as build with Sides, and make deep Cavi-^ 



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