70 EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 
nest, but deposits its single egg on the bare ground in 
some crevice or under loose rocks. The egg is of a pale 
greenish-blue, or white tinged with greenish-blue, a little 
spotted and veined, especially at the larger end, with rust- 
colour or yellowish-brown. Sometimes the egg has no 
spots or streaks, at others only indistinctly streaked or 
veined at the large end. 
THE RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 
Tuts bird makes a slight nest of bents and leaves upon the 
ground in grass, corn, or clover fields ; however, instances 
have been cited where it has been found at considerable 
elevation. But this departure from the general rule I have 
noticed with other birds on rare occasions. Her eggs 
number from twelve to eighteen, of a yellow-grey or cream 
colour, marked with red or cinnamon-brown. 
THE SANDERLING. 
Tur Sanderling is only a visitor to our shores, and breeds 
in Arctic countries, such as Labrador, Greenland, &c. Its 
nest is composed of grass and built upon the ground. The 
eggs are four in number, of a buffish-olive ground-colour, 
spotted and mottled plentifully with dark brown or black. 
also with indistinct sub-markings of a greyish tinge. 
THE LONG-TAILED TIT. 
Hepazs and bushes are the positions taken up by this 
skilled little architect and builder, whose beautiful work 
wins the admiration of all naturalists. Oval in shape, it is 
of large size compared with the bird, and strongly and com- 
pactly put together with wool, lichens, and moss, the two 
former of which adhere very closely when they once become 
