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and the Islands of the Polar Sea." Mr. Yarrell says, "The nest is 

 composed of dry grass, neatly lined with deers hair and a few 

 feathers, and is generally fixed in a crevice of a rock, or in a loose 

 pile of timber or stones. The eggs are a greenish white, with a 

 circle of irregular umber-brown spots round the thick end, and 

 numerous blotches of subdued laveuder purple." 



/ ^ ' MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



This Finch is occasionally met with in sufficient numbers to be 

 deserving of a short notice here. It seems to breed in Denmark, 

 Norway, and Lapland, and it is at least possible that a few pairs 

 may, from time to time, stay to nest Mith us. It is said to build in 

 fir-trees, though from Mr. Hewitson's account, the nests are by no 

 means easy to find. The following is an account of a nest made by 

 a pair in an aviary at Beccles in Sufiblk : — " The nest was deep, the 

 walls thick, a large quantity of materials employed for the founda- 

 tion, which was worked among the stalks of the ivy-leaves. It was 

 composed of moss, wool, and dry grass ; and lined with hair." The 

 general appearance of the eggs is one of resemblance to those of the 

 Chaffinch ; the spots, however, seeming to be fewer, smaller, and 

 less decided. 



//O SISKIN. 



This little bird has been known in several instances to breed with 

 us in its natural wild condition, but its nesting-home is in Russia, 

 Germany, and North- Western Europe. It has been ascertained to 

 build in furze bushes, and also close to the trunk of a fir-tree, where 

 a projecting bough afibrded support for the structure. The nest is 

 composed of similar materials to the Chaffinch's, and the eggs present 

 a good deal of resemblance to those of the Goldfinch, with a little 

 inferiority in size. 



