School: Dundalk (Mercy Convent) (roll number 5387)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. Pól
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- The wild birds commonly found in our district are the Wren,thrush,cuckoo,
blqckbird,goldfinch,lark,robin and starling.
The plumage of the robin is generally olive brown upon the back,throat,and breast are a rich red.
Perhaps no other bird has built its nest in so many eratic positions as the robin.In our district her choice often falls on a flower-pot or a old kettle,sometimes upon a hole in a bank.The nest is composed of leaves,dry roots,grass and moss with a lining of hair together with a few feathers and therin the female lays from five to seven eggs of a delicate pale reddish-white freckled with darker red spots.
The wren although such a small bird(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Saint Mary's Road, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mr C. Wilson
- Gender
- Male
