io6 THE ROCK-THRUSH. 



locality in which they are found. Those in the 

 more cultivated districts are made of roots, fine 

 and coarse grasses, moss and bents, and lined 

 with hair and feathers. Those taken from more 

 isolated places, the rocky districts high up 

 mountain-sides, are similar in outward construction, 

 rarely lined with hair or feathers, but with 

 fine rootlets and dry grass. Other nests will be 

 found constructed entirely of roots and withered 

 grass. In examining the nest of this bird, its 

 close resemblance to that of the Redstart or the 

 Wheatear will be noticed. No mud is found in 

 them ; they are loosely put together, and this 

 circumstance, coupled with the covered site and 

 the colour of the eggs, still further suggests the 

 bird's affinity to the Chats rather than to the true 

 Thrushes." 



