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and Sand-Martin, driving away the rightful occupants. The eggs are 
from four to six im number, and two, or often three, broods are reared 
during the season. 
Pembrokeshire, June. 
Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 
No. 15. BULLFINCH. (Pyrrhula europea.) 
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 roots and hair 
woven into a shallow cup. The eggs, four or five in number, are laid 
in the early part of May. 
Cambridgeshire, May. 
Gould Collection. 
No. 16. GREENFINCH or GREEN LINNET. 
(Chloris chloris.) 
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 are laid at the end of April or early in May, and 
two broods are often reared in the season. 
Suffolk, May. 
Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 
No. 17. CHAFFINCH. (Fringilla celebs.) 
A common and generally distributed species throughout the 
cultivated and wooded portions of the British Islands. The beantifully- 
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 April or May, and two broods are generally reared in the 
season. 
Norfolk, May. 
Presented by Lord Walsingham. 
