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nest, I have little doubt was a Redwing. It breeds abundantly in Sweden, 
and in lesser numbers in Norway, and is described as being a very sweet 
singer, as heard among the forest solitudes of the latter country. Its nest is 
very similar to those of the Blackbird, Ring Ouzel and Fieldfare,in materials 
~ and structure. The eggs are four to six in number, and very similar, allow- 
ing for a little inferiority in size, to those of the Fieldfare, and to very red 
specimens of the Ring Ouzel’s. 
91. SNOW BUNTING 
This bird resorts in the breeding-season to the “ Arctic Regions 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 acrevice of arock, 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 lavender purple.” 
98. MOUNTAIN FINCH. 
This Finch is occasionally met with in sufficient numbers to be deserving 
of a short notice here. 14 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 with us. It is said to build in fir-trees, though from Mr. Hewitson’s 
account, the nests are by no means easy +0 find. The following is an account 
of a nest made by a pair in an aviary at Beccles in Suffolk :—“ 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. 
104. SISKIN. 
This little bird has been known in several instances to breed with us in 
its naturai 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 afforded 
support for the structure. The nest is composed of similar materials te the 
Chaffinchs’, and the eggs present a good deal of resemblance to those of the 
Goldfinch, with a little inferiority in size. 
