182 BIRDS' NESTS 



is warmly lined with wool, furs, hairs, and feathers. 

 These birds generally place their nests in flrs or 

 some other evergreen tree. Other Pinches that 

 employ a good many twigs in the outer portion of 

 their nests are the Bullfinches, Hawfinches, and 

 Grosbeaks. The nest of the Common Bullfinch has 

 already been described {conf. p. 62). The Hawfinches 

 (Coccothraustes) construct somewhat flat nests, bulky, 

 and fashioned outside of twigs, dead stalks, and 

 roots, and lined with finer roots, grass, and hair. 

 The Grosbeaks (Pinicola) place their similarly flat 

 nests on some horizontal branch usually near the 

 trunk, of a conifer by preference, and made on a 

 very similar plan — a mat of twigs for foundation, 

 finished off with roots and stems and lined with 

 finer roots, dry grass, and shreds of hair-like 

 lichens. The Rose-finches (Carpodacus) are less 

 elaborate builders, but their nests are somewhat 

 deeper. Twigs are generally absent, the outer nest 

 being composed of coarse grass stalks, the lining of 

 finer grasses and horsehair. The cup, however, is 

 very neatly finished and beautifully rounded. The 

 usual site is a fork in some bush or low tree. The 

 simplest type of Finch nest is made by some of the 

 Buntings, although these nests are not unfrequently 

 bulky, and in certain species more elaborate. They 

 are variously placed upon the ground, amongst 

 brushwood, in bushes or low trees, and are always 

 cup-shaped, although, as we have already stated, 



