NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



is ^^'ell hidden, and is composed of dead 

 grass and bits of moss, with an inner 

 hning of irne, fibrous grass. 



Tlie eggs, numbering from four to 

 seven, are of a pale rosy-white ground 

 colour, very thickly spotted and speckled, 

 especially at the larger end, with reddish- 

 brown. 



The bird approaches and leaves its 

 nest in the most mouse-like manner. I 

 have frequently taken it for one running 

 through the rough matted grass, even 

 when I knew the exact whereabouts of 

 its home which I was approaching. 



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