but resort for this purpose, as a general rule, to hommbeams 
or fir-trees on the edge of a plantation. The nest, which is 
always placed at a considerable height from the ground, 
is made of twigs, bound together with rootlets, and inter- 
mixed with lichens, the lining consisting of dry grasses, 
with perhaps a little hair. The eggs, which are from four to 
six in number, vary a good deal in colouring, some being 
pale olive-green in ground colour, some bluish, and some light 
brown. They are spotted and streaked with dark brown and 
grey, and are about as large as those of a blackbird. 
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