. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . closely resem-bling those of the Redstart, but are occasionallymarked with a few reddish-brown spots, it is said ;however, I have never seen any so marked. Sizeabout 75 by 55 in. Time.—May and June. BemarlxS. — Migratory ; arriving in April andleaving in September or October. Notes very likethose of the Redstart. Local and other names :Goldfinch. A close sitter : T could often have caughtthe bird whose nest I have just mentioned. FLYCATCHER, SPOTTED. Description of Parent Birds.—Length about sixinches. Bill of medium leng
. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . closely resem-bling those of the Redstart, but are occasionallymarked with a few reddish-brown spots, it is said ;however, I have never seen any so marked. Sizeabout 75 by 55 in. Time.—May and June. BemarlxS. — Migratory ; arriving in April andleaving in September or October. Notes very likethose of the Redstart. Local and other names :Goldfinch. A close sitter : T could often have caughtthe bird whose nest I have just mentioned. FLYCATCHER, SPOTTED. Description of Parent Birds.—Length about sixinches. Bill of medium length, straight, broad atthe base, and dusky-black in colour. Irides darkbrown. Head, back of neck, back, rump, andupper tail-coverts brown, the head being spottedwith a darker tinge of the same colour. Wingsbrown, tail the same colour, very slightly forked,and a trifle lighter at the tip. Chin, throat, breast,and under parts a dull white, streaked on the throatand breast with dusky - brown. Legs, toes, andclaws dusky-black. The feuiale is very similar to the SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. 84 BRITISH BIRDS NESTS. Sifiutfiou and LocaJitij.—Ou tlie horizontalbrandies of fruit trees trained against \Yalls, intrellis-work, rose trees trained against houses, inholes in walls, ivy climbing up a wall or the trunkof a tree (as in our ilhistration), on ledges of rock,and in almost every conceivable situation. —These vary as considerably as thepositions selected for their accommodation. Straws,fibrous roots, moss, hair, feathers, rabbits down,and cobwebs, somewhat loosely put together, as arule, but occasionally I have come across a verycompact little structure. —Four to six, generally five, varying con-siderably in coloration. The ground-colour rangesfrom grey to light green, the markings runningthrough various shades of faint red or reddish-brown. Sometimes they are almost entirely absent,at others they form a belt round the larger end, andI have met with them wit
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