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during the Spring and Summer of 1857. 
On the 27th we took two nests, but as the greater number of 
them did not contain their full complement of eggs, we left 
them. On returning three or four days after, we found that 
the magpies and crows had forestalled us. This colony was 
situated among some willow and birch trees, on a hill in the 
marsh. The other colony, which we discovered some days later, 
was up the mountains. Besides these two colonies, we took 
several nests situated by themselves, and far away from what 
were apparently their head-quarters. The latter we were careful 
to identify. Our attention was attracted to the second colony 
by the noise made by the old birds. 
13. The Bed wing. Turdus iliacus . 
This bird also breeds in the neighbourhood. The first nest 
we found May 28th; it was situated in a Juniper bush, almost 
on the ground. We saw the bird on this, as on every other 
nest of this species that we took. It was not unusual to find a 
pair breeding in the midst of a colony of Fieldfares; the dif¬ 
ference, however, between the two nests made it easy to distin¬ 
guish at first sight to which species it belonged, that of the 
Fieldfare being larger, and composed of coarser materials. The 
Redwing is not nearly so shy as the Fieldfare when near its 
nest, often requiring to be touched before it would quit it. It 
does not seem to build so far from the ground as the last-men¬ 
tioned species. 
14. The Blackbird. Turdus meruia. 
We saw but two examples of this bird during our stay at 
Bodo, both of them on June 30th, when we also found a nest. 
15. The Ring Ouzel. Turdus torquatus. 
Birds of this species were scattered over all the mountains in 
the neighbourhood, and were there when we first arrived. We 
found one nest, situated on the ground, and containing four 
eggs. This species was far more shy than either Fieldfare or 
Redwing. 
16. The Hedge-Sparrow. Accentor modular is. 
One pair only of these birds came under our notice. We 
found their nest on June 21st. 
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