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appie-leaves, tightly interwoven. A second, whicli was placed 
in a gooseberry-bush, is built of the twigs of that plant, 
intermixed with moss, and apple and ivy leaves : it has a 
thick lining of feathers. A third is entirely made of green 
moss, without a lining of feathers. A fourth is made of grass, 
fern-leaves, and moss, with a scanty lining of feathers. A 
wren's nest between two stoats. 
fifth is made of oak-leaves and moss, and is strengthened at 
the bottom with clay. A sixth is built on an old swallow's nest, 
which was placed in the interior of a barn. The swallow's nest 
is relined with moss and feathers ; but it is much more open 
than is usual with the species. The eggs of the wren vary 
greatly in size. They are white, spotted with light red and a 
