THE GOLDFINCH. 



of other species heard from their places 

 of captivity. 



The poets have not given the bird a 

 great deal of attention, but our photo- 

 graph of a nest and eggs proves that 

 Grahame was a good observer, else he 

 could not have penned the following lines : 



" Sometimes suspended at the limber end 

 Of planetree spray, among the broad-leav'd shoots 

 The tiny hammock swings to every gale." 



The call notes have been written down 

 as ziflit or tisfiit, twee-eet or twit, oft re- 

 peated, and glit uttered quickly. 



