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NESTS AND BOGS OF 



* * Exotic Sparrows. I<ower fig-url:, House Sparrow ; next, European Tree Si^a'rruw (From 



Brehm). 



• * GOLDFINCH. Carduelis carduelis (Linn.) Geog. Dist. — Europe and West- 

 ern Asia; introduced and naturalized in portions of Eastern United States. 



The European Goldfinch has been introduced and successfully naturalized in 

 various portions of Eastern United States, as in New York, Hoboken, New Jersey 

 and in the vicinity of Cambridge, Mass., etc. In Central Tark, New York city, it is 

 considered a common resident. April 20, 1886, Mr. E. T. Adney discovered two nests 

 In Central Park, one of which contained five fresh eggs. The nests were placed in 

 pine trees, among the tufts of long pine needles, near the end of a slender hori- 

 zontal limb, about twelve feet from the ground. The nest of the Europeain Goldfinch 

 Is a handsome, compact, cup-shaped structure, made of fine, soft grasses, vegetable 

 fibres and mosses. It is thick-walled and substantial, often built in bushes and 



