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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



on the other parts. The forehead and rump 

 are bright golden-green. Wing-quills dusky, some 

 of them bordered with yellow and others with 

 grey on the outer webs. Tail feathers dusky, 

 those in the middle uniform, the rest bordered 

 with yellow on their exterior webs. Chin, throat, 

 and breast, bright yellowish-green ; belly lighter 

 and mixed with ash-grey ; vent and under-tail- 



1 ! coverts white, tinged with 



pale yellow. Legs, toes, 

 and claws light pinkish- 

 brown. 



The female is somewhat 

 smaller, and her upper parts 

 are greenish-brown, tinged 

 only with yellow on the 

 wing - coverts, rump, and 

 wing and tail quills ; but 

 this is of a duller character 

 than that found on the 

 feathers of the male. Under- 

 parts dull greyish -brown, 

 inclining to greenish-yellow on the belly. 



Situation and Locality. In thick, whitethorn 

 hedges, gorse bushes, yew-trees, ivy, holly, and 

 other evergreens ; in shrubberies, orchards, on 

 commons, and almost anywhere in wooded districts. 

 It is met with in suitable localities throughout the 

 United Kingdom. 



Materials. Slender twigs, rootlets, moss, and 

 grass, lined internally with hair and feathers. 



Eggs. Four to six, white, pale grey, or white 

 tinged with blue, in ground colour, sparingly spotted 

 with varying shades of brown, from greyish to 

 dark liver-coloured. The spots and markings are 



GREENFINCH AND GREAT 

 TIT FEEDING ON SUN- 

 FLOWER SEEDS. 



