. The British bird book . Magpie and Young for some little height from the ground. It is made of twigs,with a foundation of mud and clay, and is nearly alwayscovered over with a kind of dome, the entrance being by ahole in the side. This hole is generally guarded by thornysticks, so that even when one has climbed up to it, it is byno means easy to get ones hand inside. The nest is usedyear after year, being carefully repaired early in everyspring, and usually contains from six to eight eggs, whichare pale bluish-white in colour, spotted with grey 35

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