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SYLVIADiE. 
upon the ground, but unlike it, is, in many instances, 
raised above it, in a low bush. Mr. Henry Doubleday 
— I copy the information from Mr. Yarrell’s “Birds”— 
found a nest of this species formed externally of dead 
leaves, placed in dead fern, at least two feet from the 
ground. I once found one at the same height in some 
ivy against a garden-wall. The eggs are usually seven; 
and though in lightly-coloured varieties, much like some 
of the more distinctly spotted eggs of the willow war¬ 
bler, are mostly marked with spots of a much deeper 
hue. An egg in the collection of Mr. Bond, is white, 
with the exception of some large purple spots near the 
broader end. 
