The Goldfinch. 



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The nest is cup shaped, and constructed of dried grass, moss, 

 lichens, and fine rootlets, and is lined wiih feathers, wool, and 

 thistle down. It may be sometimes mistaken for the nest of 



the chaffinch, but it is smaller than the latter, though almost 

 equally well made. AVhile in the nest the 3^oung birds are fed 

 with insects of many kinds : aphides forming a considerable 



