1 6 GOLDFINCH. 



GOLDFINCH. 



GOLDIE. GOLDSPINK. THISTLE-FINCH. KING HARRY. 

 RED-CAP. PROUD-TAIL. 



PLATE LXXXVI. 



Carduelis elegans, MACGILLIVKAY. 



Fringilla cardutlis, LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



E nest, which is a beautifully wrought structure, 

 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. It is 

 often placed in frequented situations, without much 

 regard to passers by. The same place is resorted to 

 in successive years. W. K. 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. 



