SERIN FINCH 



PLATE LXXXIV* 



Serinus hortulanus, . . . KOCH. 



Fringilla serinus, . . . LINNAEUS. TEMMINCK. 



THE Serin breeds in Central and Southern Europe, but 

 not, as far as is known, in the British Isles. The 

 nest is neatly and well built of fine roots and stalks of 

 grass, added to with spider-cots, moss, and lichens, lined with 

 feathers and hair, or perhaps a lock or two from its "wool- 

 stapler," the lamb, or sheep. 



It is placed between the smaller branches of a shrub or 

 small tree. 



The eggs, four to five in number, are of a pale dull 

 greenish white, with small indistinct reddish brown spots, 

 chiefly at the larger end. 



