. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . ch the eggs are to beseen being cut artificially through the wood, so asto show its exact position. In barns, stables, cot-tages, orchards, gardens, woods, and cultivated dis-tricts generally, throughout the United Kingdom,with exception of the islands lying to the West andNorth of Scotland. —Grass, moss, hair, and wool; some-times a few soft leaves woven together, with an innerlining of feathers. I have met with specimenscontaining few or none of the last. Eggs.—Six to nine, sometimes as many as elevenor twelv
. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . ch the eggs are to beseen being cut artificially through the wood, so asto show its exact position. In barns, stables, cot-tages, orchards, gardens, woods, and cultivated dis-tricts generally, throughout the United Kingdom,with exception of the islands lying to the West andNorth of Scotland. —Grass, moss, hair, and wool; some-times a few soft leaves woven together, with an innerlining of feathers. I have met with specimenscontaining few or none of the last. Eggs.—Six to nine, sometimes as many as elevenor twelve, white, spotted with light red or red-brown,sometimes evenly distributed, at others most nu-merous at the larger end. Size about 6 by 46 sight of parent birds onh^ will definitely settleidentification. Time.—April, May, and June. Eemarls.—Eesident. Note: a peculiar twe-tire. Local and other names: Tomtit, Blue Tom-tit, Billy Biter or Willow Biter, Blue Bonnet, BlueCap, Blue Mope, Hickwall, Nun, Titmal. A closesitter, hissino like a snake when BLUE TIT. 304 BRITISH BlhDS XESTS. TIT, COAL Description of Paroit Birds.—Leugtli about fourand a half inches. Bill short, straight, pointed, andblack. Irides hazel. Head, neck, and upper part ofbreast black ; cheeks and nape white. Back, wing-coverts, rump, and tail greyish-blue, with a huffishtinge on the rump. Wing-quills l)rowmsh-grey,bordered with green. Lower breast dull white;belly, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts fawncolour, slightly tinged wdtli green. Legs, toes, andclaws black. The female closely resembles the male. Thisbird is easily distinguished from the Marsh Titby means of the white patch on the nape of itsneck. Situation and Localittj.—In holes, from three orfour to sixteen or eighteen inches deep, in trees,walls, and banks ; those in the last-named situationshaving originally belonged to rats, mice, or bird will, however, enlarge any selected hole forits accommodation, if nece
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