EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING, 27 
THE WRYNECK. 
Tus eggs of this bird are from five to eight in number, of 
a pure white. She makes her nest in holes in the trunks 
of trees. It is made of dry, rotten wood, which is ground 
down to a kind of powder, and it has been found lined 
with moss and feathers. 
THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. 
Tuis little bird, like the others of its tribe, lays a consider- 
able number of eggs for its small size. They are eight or 
nine in number, thickly spotted with reddish-brown, these 
spots being confluent at the larger end. The underground 
colour is a faint fleshy tint. Her nest is made of moss 
and lichens, and is lined with willow-down and feathers. 
The outside of the nest generally harmonises with ite 
situation, which is amongst the branches of a tree, 
generally of the fir, from a branch of which the nest is 
usually suspended. 
THE WHITETHROAT. 
Tur Whitethroat lays four or five eggs of a greenish- 
white colour, spotted with brown and gray, the spots 
sometimes form a zone or belt round the larger end. 
Her nest is made of dead grass and a little hai, 
loosely attached, the nest being carelessly made. It is 
situated in low thick herbage, or amongst nettles, or other 
ground weeds. 
THE SISKIN. 
Tus bird lays four or five eggs of a bluish ground colour, 
some being spotted all over with cloudy rusty spots, others 
with these spots well defined about the larger end. Her 
