The Oologisls' Record, December i, 1921. 77 



Eucalyptus, firs and casuarinas are also patronised, and in the 

 hills the olive trees are usually selected, and preferably those which 

 are short and bushy. I have found no nests in the almond groves. 



In 1918 half a dozen nests found in the Judean Hills were all 

 in olive trees, and those found in the Coastal Plain not far from 

 Jaffa were in — 



Orange trees ... 51 Brambles and cover i 



In 1920, out of over 200 nests found, I have the following records- 

 from the Coastal Plain near Ludd and Ramleh : — 



Orange trees ... 88 Eucalyptus ... 8 



Cypress firs ... 6 Lemon trees ... 13 



No nests were found in mimosa, cactus or olive trees in this 

 area, and many more found in lemon and fir trees of which I have 

 kept no record. 



Nests are found at \'arying heights above the ground, but are 

 rarely lower than 3 feet, the favourite height being from 5 to 7 feet, 

 while I have found nests as high as 15 feet. 



They vary but little in construction, and out of several hundreds 

 examined there is not much to note. 



There are two types of nest — the one made chiefly of fine twigs 

 and dead grasses, and the other principally built with the fine red 

 surface-feeding rootlets of the orange and lemon trees, which give 

 the nests a very rufous appearance, while they may be solid, neat 

 and compact, as well as rather flat and untidy. The former type 

 is found in the Judean HilK and a good many in the groves by 

 the River Auja near Jaffa, and in the eucalyptus and fir trees ; 

 while the latter is almost invariably confined to the orange and 

 lemon groves. The egg-cup and nest lining do not differ in materials 

 from those of English nests, and a medley of stuff can be found, 

 such as soft pieces of string, plant-down, vegetable wool, sheep's 

 wool, the hair and fur of animals, long horsehairs, pink medical 

 cotton-wool, feathers, and such like ; while I have sometimes seen 

 foundations of dead leaves and dry skeleton leaves, and in others 

 the nest decorated outside with lichens, aromatic plant stems and 

 dry flowers. A few special notes are worth recording : {a) " Rather 

 an unusual type of nest for this Finch, quite neat and compact, 

 being constructed of very fine dead grass firmly and closely inter- 

 woven and lined with soft materials, more like the nest of some 

 species of Sylvia." {h) " Remarkably neat little nest. The usual 



