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SERIN FINCH. 



PLATE LXXXIV*. 



Fringilla seriniis, LINNAEUS. TEMMINCK. 



r I iHE nest is neatly and well built of fine roots and 

 -*- stalks of grass, added to with spider-cots, moss, 

 and lichens, lined with feathers and hair, or perhaps 

 a lock or two from its 'woolstapler', the lamb, or 

 sheep. 



It is placed between the smaller branches of a 

 shrub. 



The eggs are of a pale dull greenish all over, 

 with small indistinct spots, darkened at the obtuse end. 



