MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



BRAMBLING. BRAMBLE FINCH. LULEAN FINCH. 



PLATE LXXXI. 



F ring ilia montif ring ilia, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



" Lulemis, GMELIN. 



THE nest is placed in lofty fir and other trees, is formed of moss, 

 and lined with wool and feathers. R. Dash wood, Esq., of Beccles, 

 Suffolk, had these birds lay in two instances, in the year 1839, and in 

 the latter the eggs were hatched. His aviary is a large one, enclosing 

 a considerable space of ground, and is surrounded with ivy, and planted 

 inside with shrubs. If birds are to be kept in confinement at all, some 

 such place is the only one in which they should be confined. The nest 

 having been completed four days, the first egg was laid on the 16th. of 

 June, in the above-named year, and another was laid each day till the 

 21st., when they were removed. The nest was composed of moss, wool, 

 and dry grass, and lined with hair; and these materials were selected 

 from a variety which the birds had the option of making use of. The 

 foundations, which were large, were worked in among the stalks of 

 the ivy leaves. 



f ln the latter part of July, in the same year/ says Mr. Dashwood, 

 writing to Mr. Hewitson, 'another pair of Bramblings built, placing 

 their nest on the ground, close to a shrub or a tuft of grass. The 

 outside of the nest was made of moss, and it was lined with hair. 

 From this nest I removed four eggs on the 1st. of August; on the 

 1 7th. of June, 1 840, they laid again, having built in the ivy. This 

 nest I did not disturb, and although the eggs were hatched, they did 

 not succeed in rearing the young ones.' 



