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with the catkins of the willow, equalling in whiteness and 
texture the finest cotton wooL I have found the nest 
without any of the last-mentioned material, hair, fine 
grasses, and feathers being substituted in its stead. The 
eggs are from four to six in number ; the time of incuba¬ 
tion about the middle of June. 
