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SYLVIADiE. 
Temminck enumerates several singular localities as the 
nesting-places of this species ; he says that they breed 
in hushes, frequently several of them in the same place; 
they also build in the holes of old walls and ruins, and 
under the eaves of isolated houses, in a heap of stones, 
and amongst rubbish, a habit very different to that of 
other species of Sylvia. 
The egg figured, which is from the collection of Mr. 
Walter, agrees well with those given by Thienemann, 
but is much larger than others which I have seen, said 
also to be the eggs of this species, which are more 
pointed at the smaller end, and have the spots of a deep 
brown chiefly at the larger end; some of these are 
like eggs of the green linnet. 
