BRITISH BIRDS, 
l8 
tom of a river, in the fame way, and with the 
fame eafe as if it were on dry land. The female 
makes her nefi: in the banks of the rivulet, of the 
fame kind of materials, and nearly of the fame 
form as that of the common Wren; and lays 
four or five eggs, which are white, lightly blufhed 
v/ith red. 
