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MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



BRAMBLING. BRAMBLE FINCH. LULEAN FINCH, 



PLATE LXXXI. 



Fringilla montifringilla, . . Pennant. Montagu. 



Fringilla Lulensis, .... GrMELiN. 



The nest is placed in lofty fir and other trees, is 

 formed of moss and lined with wool and feathers, 

 R. Dashwood, Esq., of Beccles, Suffolk, had these birds 

 lay in two instances, in the year 1839, and in the 

 latter the eggs were hatched. His aviary is a large 

 one, enclosing a considerable space of ground, and is 

 surrounded with ivy, and planted inside with shrubs. 

 If birds are to be kept in confinement at all, some 

 such place is the only one in which they should be 

 confined. The nest having been completed four days, 

 the first e^g was laid on the 16th. of June, in the above- 

 named year, and another was laid each day till the 

 21st., when they were removed. The nest was composed 

 of moss, wool, and dry grass, and lined with hair; 

 and these materials were selected from a variety which 

 the birds had the option of making use of. The 

 foundations, which were large, were worked in among 

 the stalks of the ivy leaves, 



''In the latter part of July, in the same year," says 

 Mr. Dashwood, writing to Mr. Hewitson, ''another 

 pair of Bramblings built, placing their nest on the 



