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and Sand-Martin, driving away the rightful occupants. The eggs are 

 from four to six in number, and two, or often three, broods are reared 

 during the season. 



Pembrokeshire, June. 



Presented by Dr. A. G'dnther. 



No. 15. BULLFINCH. (Pyrrhula europaea.) 



A resident in Western and Central Europe and generally distributed 

 in wooded districts throughout Great Britain and Ireland. A white- 

 thorn hedge or fork of some evergreen bush or tree, for choice a box or 

 yew, are among the sites selected for the nest, which is a slenderly 

 constructed platform of thin dry twigs lined with fine roots and hair 

 woven into a shallow cup. The eggs, four or five in number, are laid 

 in the early part of May. 



Cambridgeshire, May. 



Gould Collection. 



No. 16. GREENFINCH or GREEN LINNET. 



(Chloris chloris.) 



A common and well-known resident in the cultivated and wooded 

 districts of the British Islands. The nest, a somewhat loose structure 

 of coarse fibrous roots, moss, and wool, with a lining of hair and 

 feathers, is placed in hedges, shrubs, and evergreens, or even in trees. 

 From four to six eggs are laid at the end of April or early in May, and 

 two broods are often reared in the season. 



Suffolk, May. 

 Presented by Dr. A. Gilnther. 



No. 17. CHAFFINCH. (Fringilla ccelebs.) 



A common and generally-distributed species throughout the 

 cultivated and wooded portions of the British Islands. The beautifully- 

 constructed nest of green moss, wool, and lichens felted together, and 

 lined with hair and feathers, is placed in a fork of the lower branches 

 of a tree or in a bush. The eggs, from four to six in number, are 

 laid in April or May, and two broods are generally reared in the 

 season. 



Norfolk, May. 



Presented by Lord Walsmgham. 



