BIRDS NESTS AND EGGS 
THE GOLDFINOH. 
HIS beautiful little bird 
builds a nest of the first 
rank in point of constructive 
skill and neatness. Though it 
breeds at a surprisingly rapid 
rate, it isa regrettable fact to 
learn that its numbers are 
gradually becoming smaller 
in this country, and mainly 
through the profit its cap- 
ture affords. Despite being 
much harassed by the bird- 
catching fraternity to supply 
the demand for it as a cage 
pet, if not actually approving 
of confinement, it seems to 
prefer the close proximity of 
man, often selecting as a 
nesting situation gardens and 
orchards, and has even been 
known to buildin rose-bushes 
and other trees trained against 
