. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . %»^. USA > i6NEST AND EGGS OF THE BUNTING. PLATE XVI. The Bunting builds her nest in some clump of fern,briers, or tall grass, often near the root of some lowshrub. In the nest before me, the outside is composedof straw, small sticks, broken rushes, and moss. Thewhole of the nest is composed of these materials, savethat the lining has a few hairs mixed amongst it. The whole is loosely and aukwardly
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . %»^. USA > i6NEST AND EGGS OF THE BUNTING. PLATE XVI. The Bunting builds her nest in some clump of fern,briers, or tall grass, often near the root of some lowshrub. In the nest before me, the outside is composedof straw, small sticks, broken rushes, and moss. Thewhole of the nest is composed of these materials, savethat the lining has a few hairs mixed amongst it. The whole is loosely and aukwardly put together,irregular, and incompact, the cavity is shallow, andthe brim irregular and undefined. The eggs are large for the size of the bird. Theground colour is white, and they are beautifully blotch-ed, spotted, and streaked with black. Some of thesespots and scratches are clear and distinct, others aredimly seen, appearing as if a blue pellicle was drawnover them. This last circumstance is not peculiar tothe eggs of the Bunting, but common to those of mostother birds which lay spotted eggs. The Bunting continues with us all the year winter is gregarious, flying in flocks, and fr
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