THE BULLFINCH. 22.5 



equally conspicuous with the white upper taH-coverts 

 They sonietnnes continue advancing in [his way by eS 

 tages for several hundred yards, untH they either real 

 a hdge running in a cross direction, which they fol ow 

 o else double back on their pursuer on the opposite side' 



t "be ':■ ""'^ *'"''" ^" P"--^ so^'invariaS 

 as to be quite enough to distinguish the bird, even if 



T°« J J^ullhnch IS nothing more than the plaintive 

 whistle described above, uttered at distant intervaf ome 

 times shghtly prolonged, or, very rarely, doubled In 

 c^tivity the Eullfinch is greatly pri^d for a tcilit 

 with which I learns to sing Uttle melodies, and even o 



epeat articulate words, but it is rarely able to clmrt 

 to memory more than a single tune or sentence. MaZ 

 pleasing anecdotes are told of the docility and affeT 



"nU 1 •.'"■'" '''"' '""'^ «-- accustomed ; 

 e' Siffe . r'r' "'* '"■^•^ '' *^« --« ^P-ies 

 B, fi, 1 f *' '''°''''^' °^ ''^^■^ liberty. The 



Lul finch, as if conscious of the ill-^vill borne against it bv 

 gardeners on account of its depredations, generally keeS 

 out of their reach in the breeding seasoi^and buUds I 

 nest III some secluded copse or thick hedge, employfng a 

 ma erials small twigs and dry grass, with a K;i„g^of Su 

 »ots. It usually lays five eggs. Less frequently, it pTac 

 Its nest in a shrubbery or garden hedge. ^ 



Fl^E GROSBEAK. 



PTKEHULA ENUCLEATOR. 



and taU-fealhci-s edged with M-anl X ?. ^ '™ "'"" ^"^^ ">» P'™"'-"' 

 o.a„«e-,el.o,.. ul,t, se'!;e:r„f l^LrS^ 1*.^^ ""'" ^'"^ 



L^Tb?' ^""^'°""'- '"'■'' '"'''^''^S ««' Arctic Eegions 

 dunug the summer months, and in winter descend^g a 



