. 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 ... . ■ ^. ,Tcruji/.H /(I MCZ L!B=?ARY©ftMSRlDSE. MA USA 6o NEST AND EGGS OF THE HEDGE SPARROW. PLATE LX. The Hedge Sparrow most commonly makes her nestin a Holly tree, or some other sempervirent shrub. Thenest I describe is made of coarse green moss, mixedwith wool and small sticks, and loosely tied togetherwith long blades of coarse grass. The lining consistsof red cows hair, brought in abundance, and rude
. 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 ... . ■ ^. ,Tcruji/.H /(I MCZ L!B=?ARY©ftMSRlDSE. MA USA 6o NEST AND EGGS OF THE HEDGE SPARROW. PLATE LX. The Hedge Sparrow most commonly makes her nestin a Holly tree, or some other sempervirent shrub. Thenest I describe is made of coarse green moss, mixedwith wool and small sticks, and loosely tied togetherwith long blades of coarse grass. The lining consistsof red cows hair, brought in abundance, and rudely dis-posed of. The cavity is shallow, and the whole butloosely and awkwardly fabricated. The Hedge Sparrowlays five or six eggs; they are blue, and have a cast ofgreen.
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