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February 23; Wreck Bay, Chatham; three, fresh. 
February 28; Charles; three, fresh. 
February 28; Charles; three, fresh. 
February 28; ‘Charles; three, incubated two days. 
March 1; Charles; three, fresh. 
March 1; Charles; two, fresh. 
March 2; Charles; four, fresh. 
March 2; Charles; three, fresh. 
March 2; Charles; two, fresh. 
March 2; Charles; three, fresh. 
March 5; Villamil, Albemarle; three, well incubated. 
March 5; Villamil, Albemarle; four, fresh. 
March 7; southeast Albemarle; four, begun. 
March 7; southeast Albemarle; four, begun. 
March 12; southeast Albemarle; four, fresh. 
March 13; southeast Albemarle; three, fresh. 
March 15; south Albemarle; three, incubated. 
March 17; Iguana Cove, Albemarle; two, fresh. 
March 17; Iguana Cove, Albemarle; three, fresh. 
March 19; Iguana Cove, Albemarle; four, fresh. 
March 28; Tagus Cove, Albemarle; four, fresh. 
April 5; Tagus Cove, Albemarle; three, fresh. 
As can be seen from these dates, these finches nest for the 
most part in the wet season. In fact, when they were nest- 
ing on Chatham in latter January, the wagon road was turned 
into a river, and small ponds and puddles stood by the road- 
side for many days. The vegetation was green from the 
shore up. Such also was the case at Iguana Cove, Albe- 
marle, and on Charles. 
On Chatham, Charles, and southeast Albemarle the nests 
were often placed close to the roads, which on Chatham were 
travelled daily by many teams and people on horseback and 
on foot. The nests were always placed in trees, bushes, vines, 
and occasionally in cacti. Once or twice nests were found in 
dead trees. The height above the ground averaged about 
seven and a half feet, the extremes being 15 feet and three 
feet. Usually, when in a tree or bush, they were placed in a 
crotch. A few old nests were seen on Brattle on October 30. 
That island is in the form of a semi-circle, which is part of 
the wall of an old crater. It is only a few feet wide at the 
top and supports a scanty growth of bushes in which nests 
were found. 
On Tagus Cove Mountain, Albemarle, in April, I found a 
nest, apparently belonging to this species, low down in a 
