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her young, and works in hearty co-operation with her mate 

 to procure them food, which is an enormous quantity in the 

 course of a day. 



THE CHAFFINCH. 



THE Chaffinch generally builds her nest in the forks of 

 trees covered with lichens ; it is made of moss, wool, and 

 lichen, the inside being lined with hair and feathers. She 

 makes a beautiful nest, small but deep, and it harmonizes 

 so much with its situation that it is often difficult to find. 

 She lays four or five eggs of a grayish-blue, spotted and 

 streaked with a dirty purple- red. She sits very close, in 

 fact I once knew a bird remain on her nest till a mis- 

 chievous boy caught her by the tail, pulling it out as she 

 rose to fly j and she returned and reared her young after 

 that. 



THE RAVEN. 



THE Raven lays five or six eggs of a gray-green ground 

 colour, spotted and blotched with a darker greenish or 

 smoky brown. She builds her nest in high, inaccessible 

 rocks and cliffs, either on the sea-shore or inland, and it is 

 sometimes found on the tops of lofty trees. It is composed 

 of sticks of various sizes and kinds, wool, and hair. 



THE LINNET. 



THIS little bird lays from four to six eggs of a whitish faint 

 blue tinge, speckled with purple-red, and her tiest is com- 

 posed of moss, bent fibrous roots, and wool, lined inside 

 with hair and feathers. She builds in whitethorn, black- 

 thorn, and furze bushes ; very rarely in trees. 



