GOLDFINCH. 



GOLDIE. GOLDSI'lXK. THISTLE-FINCH. KING HARRY. RED-CAP. PROUD-TAIL. 



PLATE LXXXVI. 



Carduelis elegans, MACGILLIVBAY. 



Frinyilla carduelia, LnrerjEUS. LATHAM. 



THE nest is placed in orchard and other trees, especially those which 

 are evergreen, in bushes, and in some instances in hedges, and at times 

 as much as thirty feet from the ground: it is composed externally of 

 grass, moss, lichens, small twigs, and roots, or any other appropriate 

 substances. Inside it is elaborately interwoven with wool and hair, 

 lined with the down of willows and various plants, and sometimes a 

 few or more leaves or feathers. It is very neatly finished, and Bolton 

 says is completed in three days. W. Bridger, Esq. has favoured me 

 with a specimen. 



The eggs, four or five in number, are bluish white, or pale greyish 

 blue, sometimes tinged with brown, and are slightly spotted with greyish 

 purple and brown, with occasionally a dark streak or two. 



Of varieties, one is of a pale grey, with reddish brown spots at the 

 broad end, and a few black ones interspersed. 



A second grounded with pale grey, speckled with a few light brown 

 spots, chiefly at the larger end some of them large and run together; 

 also on one or two darker ones. 



A third of a pale grey, marked with pale reddish spots, chiefly at 

 the larger end, and a few brown ones. 



