REDPOLL 21 



of moss, hair, wool, and stems of grass, lined with willow 

 catkins, or feathers. I have been informed by Mr. F. 

 Wise, of Arram, in Holderness, of one at a height of about 

 twenty feet, on the end of a bough of an oak, among a tuft 

 of small shoots where the end had been broken off. It is 

 rather carefully and neatly constructed. Several nests are 

 often built quite near together. 



This species lays from four to six eggs : their colour is 

 pale bluish green, spotted with orange brown, principally 

 towards the larger end, and sometimes a few thin streaks 

 of a darker colour brown or black. 



The nest is figured from a specimen which was taken 

 on the 6th of June, in the year 1853, in the neighbourhood 

 of Driffield. It is made of the usual materials, as men- 

 tioned in the description. It contained three eggs, from one 

 of which the engraving was drawn. 



The Redpoll is a late breeder, eggs seldom being taken 

 before the beginning of June. 



