Anderson: Bird-Notes from Lea, near Gainsborough. 161 



oak leaves. It was very conspicuous, being- placed in a kid or 

 bundle of dead fir boughs, which had been flung- down in 

 a perfectly bare, open spot in a fir plantation. 



2nd June. Down the Marsh. Saw Whinchats (Pratincola 

 n/betra), Ray's Wagtails (Motacilla raii), and Reed Bunting's 

 (Emberiza schoeniclns), but failed to find their nests. Put an old 

 Lapwing- (Vanellus vanellus) off four very handsome heavily- 

 marked eg-gs in a hayfield. Up to Lea Wood. Identified 

 another Garden Warbler (Sylvia hortensisYs nest and eggs, and 

 a Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia sylvia)'s. Coming back along- the 

 G.N.R. found a Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) \s nest with blue 

 unmarked eg-gs, also what we thought was a Chiffchaff (Phyllo- 

 scopus rufus)'s nest, built in the middle of the thick hawthorn 

 hedge about three feet from the ground. It was a domed nest, 

 small and neat, built of dry grass and lined with feathers, and 

 contained two dark reddish-brown eggs, almost exactly like 

 those of a Titlark or Meadow Pipit. They were deserted, and 

 on blowing proved to have been laid some little time. I hoped 

 they were Tree Sparrow's eggs, as the place was some distance 

 from any house, but fear they must be put down as the product 

 of an eccentric House Sparrow (Passer domesticns). 



3rd June. Nested in the Amadam. Found two Brown 

 Linnet (Linota cannabina)' 's nests, and another Long-tailed Tit 

 (Acredula rosea)'s, also full of dead young. Found a Black- 

 cap (Sylvia atricapilla) 's nest and identified the bird, also a 

 Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia sylvia)^. Saw a Sedge Warbler 

 (Aerocephalus pliragmitis), and a brood of young Water Hens 

 (Gallinnla chloropus) leaving their cosy-looking nest, and found 

 another Water Hen's nest with three eggs. Got a Stockdove 

 (Columba cenasfs egg in the garden. 



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