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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Table of Nests. 



No. 

 of 



Nest. 



Site. 



Direction of 

 Opening. 



Approximate 

 Distance 



from " Song- 

 centre." 



Distance 



from 

 nearest 

 Nest. 



Date of 

 Laying. 



Date of 

 Fledging. 



Clutch. 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 



16 



17 

 18 



19 



20 

 21 

 22 



Side of grassy bank 

 Amongst dead grass- 

 grown branches 

 In long rough grass, 

 1 ft. above ground 

 Side of grassy bank 

 Base of fern-clump 



Amongst dead leaves 

 Amongst dead grass- 

 grown branches 

 In Phalaris clump 

 Amongst long grass 

 Base of fern-clump 



Amongst long grass 

 In Epilobium bed 

 In nettle-bed 



Amongst dead bran- 

 ches 



In Epilobium bed 



In grassy ditch below 

 bramble-bush 



Amongst dead grass- 

 grown branches 



In Phalaris clump 

 (Not discovered) 



west 

 south-east 



south 



west 



east 



south 



south 



south-east 



south-west 



north-west 



south-east 



north-west 



south-east 



west 



east 



south 



east 

 east 



west 



east 

 north 



9 



15 yards 

 12 



16 



•10 



20 

 25 



24 



20 

 15 

 30 

 22 

 19 

 14 

 18 



25 



15 



30 



23 



35 



30 



115 yards 

 115 „ 



(May 30) 

 (May 27) 



197 „ 



June 17 



45 „ 

 45 ,, 



(May 23) 

 June 2 



42 „ 

 42 „ 

 68 „ 



May 25 

 (May 21) 

 May 26 



30 ,, 

 18 „ 

 13 „ 



May 27 

 (May 28) 

 June 4 



13 „ 

 10 „ 



10 „ 

 30 „ 



(May 23) 

 (May 30) 

 May 27 

 May 24 



58 „ 



May 28 



58 „ 

 71 „ 



May 27 

 May 26 



50 „ 



(May 25) 



62 „ 



41 „ 



? 



(June 17) 

 May 24 

 ? 



June 30 

 June 27 



(nest de- 

 serted) 

 June 22 

 July 2 

 June 26 

 June 22 

 June 28 



June 28 

 June 27 

 July 4 

 June 25 

 June 30 

 June 26 

 (young de- 

 stroyed) 

 June 29 



June 25 

 June 26 



June 25 



July 16 

 June 26 



9 



6 

 6 



(incom- 

 plete) 



5 

 6 

 6 



7 

 6 



7 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 8 



(Laying-dates within brackets are approximate only, the nests 

 not being discovered before commencement of incubation. These 

 dates are somewhat later than usual, the season being a back- 

 ward one. The usual laying-time in this district is about 

 May 20th.) 



The two late nests, Nos. 3 and 20, may possibly have been 

 second attempts due to the first nests having been destroyed, 

 but I believe the more probable explanation to be that the females 

 in these cases were merely slower in attaining breeding condition 

 than their neighbours. 



Willow-Wrens are successful beyond many birds in their 

 nesting. Of the twenty-one nests in a wood by no means inno- 

 cent of Stoat and Weasel, probably the most dangerous enemies 

 of ground-nesting birds, only two came to grief, one being robbed 

 when the young were half-grown, and the other deserted. 



