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nest is made of green moss, small twigs, dried grass, and 
sometimes lined with feathers and rabbits’-down. The 
nest is rarely found in Britain; its usual situation is 
amongst furze-bushes. 
THE THRUSH. 
Tue Thrush builds her nest in hedges, banks, against the 
trunks of trees, in stone walls, and is fond of ivy against 
trees or rocks. Her nest is made of grass and moss, the 
interior being lined with clay or cow-dung, in which are 
sometimes found pieces of decayed wood. She lays from 
four to six eggs, of a beautiful blue spotted with black, 
most of the spots being on the thick end of the egg. 
THE GREENFINOH. 
Tus bird lays four or five eggs, which are white tinged 
with blue, and speckled at the larger end with light orange- 
brown. Her nest is situated in thick hedges, ivy, holly, 
and other evergreens. It is composed of moss and wool, 
and is lined with hair and feathers. The nests of these 
birds have been found so close that the material of two 
was interwoven together. 
THE REDSTART, 
Tue nest of this bird is made of moss lined with hair and 
feathers. It is situated in holes in rocks, walls, trees, 
stables, and barns; and the bird has been known to build 
in a plant pot with the bottom upwards, entering through 
the hole. She lays from five to seven eggs, of a pale 
bluish-green, unspotted. 
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