STONECHAT, OR CHICKSTONE. 



The nest is placed on or very near the ground, 

 at the bottom of a furze, or some other bush, care- 

 fully concealed. It is composed of moss and bents, 

 lined with hair, and sometimes mixed with small 

 feathers. The eggs are five in number, of a blue 

 colour, with small rufous spots at the larger end, 

 which in some are faint — in which case they are 

 scarcely to be known from those of the Whinchat. 



