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NATURE STUDY NOTES 
BIRDS’ NESTS 
(Approximately in order of excellence of structure.) 
Grey Warbler: Hairs, spiders’ webs and soft moss 
closely woven together and lined inside with 
feathers. Opening is at the side. 
Goldfinch: Thin twigs, fibres and moss, lined inside 
with a mixture of hair, wool and feathers- 
saucer-shaped. ’ 
Chaffinch: Fine twigs and fibres well woven to¬ 
gether, lined inside with hair and outside with 
moss and decayed leaves. 
Fantail: Light pieces of rotten wood, lined inside 
with hair and outside with moss. 
Redpoll: Small stems, twigs, moss, with very good 
inside lining of soft down, hair and feathers. 
White Eye: Fibres and hair, lined outside with 
moss. 
Bell Bird: Twigs and moss, lined inside with 
feathers. . 
Fern-Bird: Dried grass and root fibres, with outer 
layers of cutty grass, and inside partly lined 
with feathers (curly tops upward); cup¬ 
shaped. 
Greenfinch: Roots, wool and moss, lined with wool, 
hairs and sometimes with a few feathers. 
Chaffinch: Dried grass, fibrous roots and feathers, 
all intertwined. 
Pied Tit (Tom-tit) : Dried grass, fibrous roots and 
feathers, all intertwined, but slightly smaller 
nest than above-mentioned. 
