1 8 SISKIN. 



SISKIN. 



ABERDEVINE. 

 PLATE LXXXVII. 



Carduelis spinus, MACGILLIVRAY. 



Fringilla spinus, LINN^US. LATHAM. 



nest is placed in trees, at only a short or 



moderate height from the ground, about from five 

 to eight feet or so, or near the top of a spruce fir, 

 and is composed of stalks of grass, small roots and 

 fibres, moss and lichens, lined with hair, rabbits' fur, 

 thistle-down, wool, or a few feathers, but these last 

 not as a rule. It has been known more than once 

 placed in a furze bush within three feet of the ground, 

 as also in a whitethorn and a hedge. Bushes are also 

 occasionally built in. 



The eggs are pale greenish white, spotted around 

 the thicker end with purple, and a few brown dots. 

 W. F. W. Bird, Esq., has kindly sent me a drawing of 

 one in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Garvagh. 



Incubation lasts fourteen days; the young are 

 fledged in fifteen more, and are able to leave the nest 

 at the end of the third week. 



Thieneman figures the following: 



One of a greenish grey, with a few red spots at 

 the broad end, and a thick black streak. 



