404 CARDUELTS ELEGANS. SPINUS VIRIDIS. 



CARDUELIS ELEGANS, Stephens. 

 GOLDFINCH. 



§ 2158. Three.— Kughy. Not later than 1843. 



My brother George took these iu a hedge at Rugby ; he saw the old 

 bird on the nest, which was " made entirely of sheep's wool, very 

 compact and beautiful.'" 



[§ 2159. One. — Tetworth, Huntingdonshire, 22 June, 1848.] 



[§ 2160. 0;z^.— Barnham, Suffolk, 1848.] 



[^ 2161. Four. — Cambridgeshire. From Mr. C. Thurnall, 1853. 



From two nests.] 



[\ 2162. i^/y^.— Elveden, 9 June, 1857. " E. N." 



My brother's note states that these were from a nest which he found in an 

 apple-tree in the kitchen garden — " they had been incubated about a couple of 

 days. The hen bird was on the nest when I got up the tree." He goes on to 

 remark that " this year I have seen much less of Goldfinches than for some time 

 .... other years have I known of one or two pairs about the house, but never 

 but once before have I found their nest or heard of its being found here."] 



SPINUS VIRIDIS, Koch. 

 SISKIN. 

 \ 2163. 0^^.— From Mr. T. Reid, 1844. 



§ 2164. :Z^^o.— From the Geneva Museum, 1846. 



With the nest, which last I exchanged with Mr. John Hancock. 

 A third egg was given to Mr. Wilmot. 



