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her young, and works in hearty co-operation with her mate 
to procure them food, which is an enormous quantity in the 
course of a day. 
JV THE CHAFFINCH. 
Tue Chaffinch generally builds her nest in the forks of 
trees covered with lichens; it is made of moss, wool, and 
lichen, the inside being lined with hair and feathers. She 
makes a beautiful nest, small but deep, and it harmonizes 
so much with its situation that it is often difficult to find. 
She lays four or five eggs of a grayish-blue, spotted and 
streaked with a dirty purple-red. She sits very close, in 
fact I once knew a bird remain on her nest till a mis- 
chievous boy caught her by the tail, pulling it out as she 
rose to fly ; and she returned and reared her young after 
that. 
THE RAVEN. 
Tire Raven lays five or six eggs of a gray-green ground 
colour, spotted and blotched with a darker greenish or 
smoky brown. She builds her nest ia high, inaccessible 
rocks and cliffs, either on the sea-shore or inland, and it is 
sometimes found on the tops of lofty trees. It is composed 
of sticks of various sizes and kinds, wool, and hair. 
J THE LINNET. % 
Tuts little bird lays from four to six eggs of a whitish faint 
blue tinge, speckled with purple-red, and her nest is com- 
posed of moss, bent fibrous roots, and wool, lined inside 
with hair and feathers. She builds in whitethorn, black- 
thorn, and furze bushes; very rarely in trees. 
