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or five eggs. The nest is generally placed between 
three or four strong rushes about the distance of three 
feet from the water, and shows great art in building 
ane im secure its home to them. At this time of 
Eemmcammerimale iS very attentive to his mate, and 
when she is kept in the nest by the laws of nature, he 
will perch himself close by, charming her with his 
little song. | 
In the month of November I have seen these birds, 
in some places, about twenty or thirty together, in a 
newly-planted cover, busily employed selecting dif- 
ferent seeds from the strong weeds grown there; and 
when disturbed from such places, they generally leave 
by only a few of their number at once, the rest follow- 
ing the direction of the first, seemingly in turns. In 
the winter, if the weather is rather open, these birds 
will still continue to inhabit their favourite haunts, but 
if very severe weather sets in, they join other birds in 
rick-yards, finding support at the stacks of corn. They 
will at these times allow a person to approach nearer to 
them than at any other; this, however, may be through 
the want of more congenial weather, as they do not 
seem to be able to stand the cold so well as many 
others of our little feathered tribes. In the summer 
