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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

 DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Orqan of the Audubon Societies 



Vol. VII 



July — August, 1905 



No. 4 





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(iOI.OFINCIIES IN THK MAKING 



A Goldfinch Study 



By R. H. BEEBE 



Willi pliotonraphs from naturi' by llic author 



THIS past summer (1904), I have noticed a larj^er number of Gold- 

 finches in this vicinity (Arcade, N. Y.) than I have observed for 

 several years past. Uurinji; the latter part of July, I found quite a 

 number of nests of this bird. Some of these nests were built hifj;h up in the 

 larji;e maple shade trees in the village, while others that I found were 

 built in small bushes about five feet from the ground, — quite a contrast in 

 the two nesting sites. In both cases the nests were built in the crotch of 

 a limb and very carefully concealed by overhanging leaves. The nests are 

 very compact, being constructed of grasses, leaves, pieces of baik, etc., and 

 are very cosily lined with platit-down. 



