Class II. SISKIN FINCH. 461 



infinite numbers of young birds in the woods on 

 the banks of the Danube, that seem just to have 

 taken flight. 



In Italy it builds its nest in the highest woods 

 of the Alps, and migrates in flocks in October. 



" The Siskin is generally seen in this king- 

 dom in winter : in some years much more 

 scarce than in others. It often mixes with the 

 smaller linnet, picking the seeds of the alder 

 with the back downwards. Is said to breed 

 sometimes in Westmoreland. Mr. Lexvin once 

 put into my possession two birds, male and fe- 

 male, shot in his garden in Kent, in the summer 

 months. The nest, as figured by /Se/*^, is com- 

 posed of dried bents and leaves, lined with 

 feathers. The eggs dull white, marked with 

 reddish spots : a pretty representation is given - 



of them in Bolton's Song birds, pi. 25 ; they 

 are five in number, and were sent him from 

 Berlin.'^ J. L. i '. m-'.^ ^tui;^ --iO. i^H'MAj'u 



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