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generally of large size, almost globular in form, with a 
central hole for the entrance and exit of the bird. She 
lays from four to six eggs, the average being five, of 
a delicate semi-transparent white, unspotted. 
THE GARDEN WARBLER. 
Tue Garden Warbler’s nest is located a few feet from the 
ground, in the branches of a thorn or bramble-bush, and 
coarse grasses, which are densely matted. It is made of 
straws, dried grass, fibrous roots, wool, and horse-hair, and 
is rather loose and slovenly. Her eggs number four or 
five, of a pale yellowish stone-grey, blotched and spotted 
with ash-grey and purplish-brown. 
THE MISSEL THRUSH. 
Tuis bird, known in many parts of the country as the 
Misseltoe Thrush, builds her nest in trees, resting it on a 
branch close to the trunk, or where the trunk ends abruptly 
in two or three strong branches. It is composed of dried 
grass and moss, with a liberal mixture of wool, which helps 
it to adhere to the bark of the tree, and is lined internally 
with fine soft grass. Her eggs number from four to six, 
according to some authorities, of a pale green, speckled 
with brown, of two shades ; however, the colours are sub- 
ject to variation. She commences to breed very early in 
the season, like the Common Thrush, and has been known 
‘o lay twice in the same nest, which strengthens my 
opinion that the bird does often rear two broods in one 
