142 BIRD GALLERY. 



and Saud-Martin, driving away the rightful occupants. The eggs are 

 from four to six in number, and two, or often three, broods arc reared 

 during the season. 



Pembrokeshire, June. 



Presented bij Dr. A. Gihit/ier. 



No. 15. BULLFINCH, (ryrrhula europfea.) 



A resident in Western and Central Europe and generally distributed 

 in wooded districts throughout Great Britain and Ireland. A white- 

 thorn hedge or fork of some evergreen bush or tree, for choice a box or 

 yew, are among the sites selected for the nest, which is a slenderly 

 constructed platform of thin dry twigs lined with fine roots and hair 

 woven into a shallow cup. The eggs, four or five in number, are laid 

 in the early part of ]\Iay. 



Cambridgeshire, May. 



Gould Collection. 



No. 16. GREENFINCH or GREEN LINNET. 



(Chloris cbloris.) 



A common and well-known resident in the cultivated and wooded 

 districts of the British Islands. The nest, a somewhat loose structure 

 of coarse fibrous roots, moss, and wool, with a lining of hair and 

 feathers, is placed in hedges, shrubs, and evergreens, or even in trees. 

 From four to six eggs arc laid at the end of April or early in May, and 

 tfl o broods are often reared in the season. 



Suff^olk, May. 



Presented b>j Dr. A. GUnther. 



No. 17. CHAFFINCH. (Fringilla cojlebs.) 



A common and geuerally-distril)uted species throughout the 

 cultivated and wooded portions of the British Islands. The beautifully- 

 constructed nest of green moss, wool, and lichens felted together, and 

 lined with hair and feathers, is placed in a fork of the lower branches 

 of a tree or in a bush. The eggs, from four to six in number, are 

 laid in Aj)ril or May, and two broods are generally reared in the 

 season. 



Korfolk, May. 



Presented by Lord iralsinyhum. 



