HAWFINCH 



GROSSBEAK-COMMON GROSSBEAK-HAW GROSSBEAK 

 BLACK-THROATED GROSSBEAK. 



PLATE LXXXV. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, . . PALLAS. GOULD. 

 Loxia coccothraustes, . . . LINN^US. LATHAM. 

 FringUla coccothraustes, , . JENYNS. TEMMINCK. 



'""pHE nest and egg of this bird represented were taken in 

 the parish of Beenham, Berks : the former is entirely com- 

 posed of lichens and fine roots. It is frequently placed in a 

 thorn bush, or holly tree, as also in oaks, the horse-chestnut, 

 apple, and fir trees of the different species, at a height varying 

 from eight or nine to thirty feet from the ground, often in a 

 very exposed situation. It is a flattish structure built of small 

 twigs, such as those of the oak and honeysuckle, intermixed 

 with fragments of lichens, in greater or less abundance. The 

 lining consists of fine roots, vegetable fibres, and a little hair, 

 with feathers, according to Montagu. It is usually but 

 loosely compacted. 



The eggs are from four to six in number, of a pale olive 

 or bluish green, spotted with blackish brown, and irregularly 

 streaked with dark olive and dusky grey ; some are much 



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