MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



MOUNTAIN FINCH 



BRAMBLING. BRAMBLE FINCH. LULEAN FINCH. 

 PLATE LXXXI. 



Fringilla monlifringilla, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Fringilla Lulensis, GMELIN. 



THE nest is placed in lofty fir and other trees, is 

 formed of moss, and lined with wool and feathers. 

 R. Dashwood, 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 i6th. of June, in the 

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

 the 2 ist., 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. 



'In the latter part of July, in the same year,' says 



