School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)
- Location:
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Martha Levis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)feathers. The wren lays from twelve to sixteen white eggs with brown spots.
The magpie builds her nest on a high tree. She builds it nearly always withe thorny sticks over which she puts a very thick lining of mud or clay. She lines it with dry grass. The magpie lays eight browny blue eggs.
The yellow hammer builds her nest of grass on the side of a ditch in a lonely place. She lays four white streaky brown eggs.
The tom tit builds her nest in the hole of a tree or in a wall. If a tin can is hung in an apple tree the to tit will often build in it. The tom tit lays six white eggs, with very light brown spots. She builds her nest with moss, leaves, and feathers.
The wagtail builds her nest of moss, leaves and feathers. She builds it in an open hole of a ditch or wall. She lays five white eggs(continues on next page)
