. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . ory, arriving in xVpril anddeparting about tlie end of October. Notes : song,desultory, plaintive, and far-sounding. Local andother names : Rock Thrush, Ring Thrush, RockOuzel, Tor Ouzel, Ring Blackbird. Sits prettyclose, and is somewhat demonstrative when dis-turbed. ROBIN. Also Redbreast. Descripfioii of Parent Birds. —Length aboutfive and three quarter inches. Bill of mediumlength, nearly straight, and black; crown, nape,back, wings, and tail, olive-brown. Round the baseof the beak, eyes, and upon the throat and upperb
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. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . ory, arriving in xVpril anddeparting about tlie end of October. Notes : song,desultory, plaintive, and far-sounding. Local andother names : Rock Thrush, Ring Thrush, RockOuzel, Tor Ouzel, Ring Blackbird. Sits prettyclose, and is somewhat demonstrative when dis-turbed. ROBIN. Also Redbreast. Descripfioii of Parent Birds. —Length aboutfive and three quarter inches. Bill of mediumlength, nearly straight, and black; crown, nape,back, wings, and tail, olive-brown. Round the baseof the beak, eyes, and upon the throat and upperbreast, orange red, succeeding which is a narrowspace of bluish-grey; the rest of the under-partswhite, tinged with brown on the sides, flanks, andunder tail-coverts. Legs, toes, and claws reddish-brown. The female is slightly smaller, and her colorationis not quite so bright. Situation and Localitij.—In a hole in a bank.Our second illustration shows one in a typicalsituation, occupied by a young Cuckoo at the timeit was photographed ; and our first, one just under. RING OUZEL. 234 BIHriSH BllilJ,^ XESTS. the roof in a corner of a cart-shed and tool-housewhich was used daily. The nest of the Robin hasbeen found in every conceivable situation—holesin walls inside and outside buildings, in Hower-potSj old boots, teapots, canisters, hats, and uponone occasion, at least, in a human skull. Commonnearly everj^where throughout the British Isles. Materials.-—Fibrous roots and moss lined withdead leaves and hair. Eggs.—Five to six, occasionally as many asseven and even eight; white or very light grey,blotched and freckled with dull light red. Some-times the spots become confluent over nearly theentire surface of the shell, at others they arecollected round the larger end. Occasionally verysparingly supplied or altogether absent. Size about•8 by 6 in. Time.—March, April, May, June, and July. Bemails. — Resident and migratory. Somenaturalists are of opinion that the Robins
