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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 370

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    us the whole year round. She builds her nest before all the other birds. She lays about four eggs they are blue with black spots in them.
    The thrush is a very sweet songster. She makes her nest in a bush or in a ditch.
    The thrush lays four or five eggs which are brown with little black spots on them. It is possible to get a thrushes nest from April to June.
    The cuckoo is a very big bird she is twice as big as the thrush. The cuckoo builds no nest. She lays her eggs in a thrush's nest or in a sparrow's nest. Although the cuckoo is a very big bird the egg she
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Hanratty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan