that's it; 



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the warmth of their bedding and 

 the heat of their apartment ; 

 while the white-throat, the blade- 

 cap, and others, which hatch 

 their young nearly at the same 

 period, or in July, will require 

 nothing of the kind. A few 

 loose bents and goose-grass, 

 rudely entwined, with perhaps 



6 



the luxury of some scattered 

 hairs, are perfectly sufficient for 

 all the wants of these ; yet they 

 are birds that live only in genial 

 temperatures, feel nothing of the 

 icy gales that are natural to our 



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407. 



pretty indigenous artists, but flit 

 from sun to sun, and we might 

 suppose would require much 

 warmth in our climate during the 



season of incubation ; but it is 

 not so. The greenfinch, 6, places 

 its nest with little regard to con- 

 cealment ; its fabric is slovenly 

 and rude, and 'the materials of 

 the coarsest kinds ; while the 

 chaffinch, 7, just above it in the 

 elm, hides its nest with cautious 

 care, and moulds it with the 

 utmost attention to order, neat- 

 ness, and form. One bird must 

 have a hole in the ground ; to 

 another, a crevice in a wall, or a 

 chink in a tree is indispensable. 

 The bullfinch, 8, requires fine roots 

 for its nest ; the grey flycatcher 

 will have cobwebs for the out- 

 works of its shed. All the &p,rus * 

 tribe, except the individual above 

 mentioned, select some hollow 



6 



408. 



in a tree or cranny in a wall ; 

 and, sheltered as such places 

 must be, yet will they collect 

 abundance of feathers and warm 

 materials for their infants' bed.f 

 Sivallows, 9, breed twice a year, 

 choosing different situations : the 

 inside of an old chimney, against 

 the beams and rafters of out- 

 houses, or under the eaves of 

 thatched or slated roofs. Their 



* The name piven to a family of sm?.ll birds, in* 



eluding the torn-tit, &c. 



t Note hook of a Naturalist. 



