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   differently from any other bird. She sometimes builds in the side of a mossy ditch, or in the trunk of a small tree, but generally in the eave of a thatched house. Her little nest is made of dry moss all round. It is lined inside with bits of wool or hair. She leaves no opening in her nest except a small little hole in one side of it I have often heard that she pulls wool from the sheeps back for her nest. She lays about fifteen small eggs.
   The lark builds her nest in the meadow or in the heather. She lays abut four eggs or sometimes five.
   The Green linnet builds in an old mossy ditch or wall and she lays about five blue little eggs.
   The yellow hammer is a fairly large yellow little bird some little blue spots through. She builds her nest in a wall. The hole into the nest through the stone wall is very small and nothing larger than herself could get into it.
   The blue bunton is not as common as

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nell Harrington

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lackan, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   William Harrington

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Lackan, Co. Roscommon