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path. Mr. Neville Wood, in his hook of “British Song 
Birds,” mentions an instance, the only one of which I 
have heard, of its having been found in a low bush. 
The favourite resort of the Tree Pipit is a grassy bank 
on the margin of a wood, especially if ornamented by a 
few single trees on the branches of which it delights to 
perch. In such a situation you are sure to find its nest 
and eggs, if towards the end of May, or during the month 
of June; the eggs are four or five in number, and in 
their spotted varieties seem to represent and form a con¬ 
necting link with those of the buntings. 
