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and small roots, mixed sometimes with a small quantity of 
moss, and lined with a little wool or horse-hair, and fine fibres 
of plants. It is attached to the branches with spider-cots 
and the cocoons of chrysalides. It is generally placed between 
the branches of some low blackthorn, whitethorn, or other 
bush, not far from the ground, as also at times on the ground 
among the taller wild plants. It is rather loosely constructed. 
One is said to have been found in an open field among some 
tares, and another has been taken in a row of peas in a garden 
by Mr. Yarrell. Mr. Jesse mentions his having found one 
three times in succession among the ‘Ivy green’ against a 
wall. It is not very carefully concealed. 
The eggs, four or five in number, of a dull yellowish grey, 
or pale purple brown, spotted and blotted with darker markings 
of the latter colour. James Dalton, Esq., of Worcester 
College, Oxford, has obligingly forwarded me a specimen from 
the beautiful gardens of that College, where it used to my 
knowledge to be an annual visitant. 
Both male and female are believed to take their turn on 
the nest. Two broods are commonly reared in the season. 
Male; weight, somewhat above five drachms; length, about 
six inches; bill, dusky brown, the base and edges of the lower 
mandible yellow, the inside of the mouth orange; iris, dark 
brown—a small space round it is whitish. Head on the sides, 
pale brownish; on the crown, the neck on the back, and the 
nape, light greyish brown, with a faint tinge of olive; the 
neck on the sides is brownish grey; chin and throat, yellowish 
white, the lower part of the latter and upper part of the 
breast tinged with reddish brown, as are the sides, the re- 
mainder yellowish white, almost white below. The wings, 
which extend to the width of nine inches, are broad and 
rather pointed; the first feather is extremely short, being only 
a fifth of the length of the second, which is as long as the 
fourth, and shorter than the third, which is the longest in 
the wing; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, light dusky 
brown, slightly margined with olive; greater and lesser under 
wing coverts, of a fine buff yellow. Tail, straight, the feathers 
_ narrow, and dusky brown in colour; under tail coverts, pale 
greyish brown, the margins white. Toes and claws, greyish 
brown. 
The female closely resembles the male both in size and 
appearance, but is lighter in colour on the upper part, and 
more uniformly greyish brown beneath. 
