2 6 BULLFINCH. 



BULLFINCH. 



NOPE. POPE. ALP. HOOP. COMMON BULLFINCH. 

 PLATE XCI. 



Loxia pyrrhula, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, FLEMING. SELBY. 



rpOWARDS the end of April the birds pair, and 

 -- nidification is commenced in the beginning" of 

 May, and is finished by the end of that month, or the 

 early part of June. 



The nest, small and shallow, is formed of small 

 twigs, commonly those of the birch, beech or horn- 

 beam, and is lined with fine roots, grass, wool, and 

 hair, the whole being rather carelessly built and not 

 firmly compacted; in some instances moss is added. 

 The middle part is more carefully finished and of the 

 finest of the materials. It is generally placed low, 

 either in a tree, such as a fir, or in the middle of a 

 bush or other underwood, frequently a hawthorn, at a 

 height of four or five feet from the ground. It is often 

 built in an evergreen, a cover, plantation, or shrubbery, 

 even near a house, commonly in a wood, and occa- 

 sionally, though but seldom, in a garden. They will 

 breed in confinement, and naturally where they have 

 the most room. 



