THE GOLDFINCH. 



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nature of the materials, is very elastic, retarning to its original 

 shape even after severe pressure. Boys seldom take the eggs of 

 the Chaffinch, because they are so plentiful; but they are too 

 apt to take the nest itself, knowing that it makes a safe and 

 convenient basket for the eggs of rarer birds, and forgetting that 

 they cause much sorrow to the poor birds that have spent so 

 much trouble in preparing their home. 



As I have already mentioned, there is some resemblance 

 between the nest of the chaffinch and that of the GoLDFI^■c^ 

 {Fringilla cardiiclis). 



SEPT OF GOLDFINCH. 



In point of beauty, neither yields to the other, for the mate- 

 rials are much the same, and the mode of structure is nearly 

 identical. The nest of the Goldfinch, however, is shallower than 



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