the plate, are, as we might have expected, very much like 

 those of the chaffinch. 



Whilst on our way northwards, June 8th, we saw some 

 of the Bramblings in the pine-forests of Norway ; but 

 searched till we were weary for the nests, to no purpose. 

 On our return homewards through the same district, July 

 1st, we had, however, the mortification of knowing that the 

 nests must have been there, for the birds were now accom- 

 panied by their young ones. 



