72 The Yellow Ammer. 

seeds. They build in June; and their nest is made 
very simply, and is composed of dried grass outside, 
with a few roots and moss, lined with hair and wool. 
The female lays four or five eggs ; she is very atten- 
tive to her young, and often makes more than one 
nest in the year. The eggs of this bird have the 
appearance of having been scribbled on with a free 
and easy hand: some few marks are bolder than others. 

