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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 195

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    place for her nest where she would be safe from the weather and from hawks.
    Sallypicker: The sallypicker builds in a hole in a wall. She makes her nest with wool and lines it with hair. She lays five small white eggs with brown spots.
    Collected by Thomas Scally (12), Ballyleague, Daingean.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    The sparrow hawk: He lays four eggs. The colour of the eggs is dark brown. They build their nest out of sticks and moss. They are two weeks hatching them. The sparrow hawk's nest is not as well built as the crows and it is not as big.
    The red shank: He makes his nest around swamps. He makes his nest with grass and moss. The red shank lays six eggs. The colour of the eggs is white with brown spots on them.
    Collected by Michael Boland (11) Wood-of-O, Tullamore.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Bracklin Little, Co. Offaly