REDPOLL. 23 



This species lays from four to six eggs : their 

 colour is pale bluish green, spotted with orange brown, 

 principally towards the larger end, and sometimes a 

 few thin streaks of a darker colour brown or black. 



One is of a greenish grey, speckled with a few 

 rusty brown spots, most so at the base. 



A second is of a greenish grey, speckled with 

 red spots all over, chiefly at the larger end. 



A third is of a darker bluish green, spotted with 

 a few pale reddish spots. 



The nest is figured from a specimen which was 

 taken on the 6th. of June, in the year 1853, in the 

 neighbourhood of Driffield. It is made of the usual 

 materials, as mentioned in the description. It contained 

 three eggs, from one of which the engraving was 

 drawn. 



