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her young, and works in hearty co-operation with her mate 
to procure them food, which is an enormous quantity in the 
course of a day. 
THE CHAFFINCH. 
Tue Chaffinch generally builds her nest in the forks of 
trees covered with lichens; it is made of moss, wool, and 
lichen, the inside being lined with hair and feathers. She 
makes a beautiful nest, small but deep, and it harmonizes 
so much with its situation that it is often difficult to find. 
She lays four or five eggs of a grayish-blue, spotted and 
streaked with a dirty purple-red. She sits very close, in 
fact I once knew a bird remain on her nest till a mis- 
chievous boy caught her by the tail, pulling it out as she 
rose to fly; and she returned and reared her young after 
that. 
THE RAVEN. 
THE Raven lays five or six eggs of a gray-green ground 
colour, spotted and blotched with a darker greenish or 
smoky brown. She builds her nest in high, inaccessible 
rocks and cliffs, either on the sea-shore or inland, and it is 
sometimes found on the tops of lofty trees. It is composed 
of sticks of various sizes and kinds, wool, and hair. 
THE LINNET. 
Tuis little bird lays from four to six eggs of a whitish faint 
blue tinge, speckled with purple-red, and her nest is com- 
posed of moss, bent fibrous roots, and wool, lined inside 
with hair and feathers. She builds in whitethorn, black- 
thorn, and furze bushes; very rarely in trees. 
