GOLD-FINCH. 
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re deli ill brown To find their neft is not very 
eafiy, for they generally build in fruit-trees, viz. 
apple, pe.tr, plumb* See. but mod commonly 
in the apple, pretty high upon the branches, 
where either the bio Tom or leaves intercept our 
fight ; and at fiuch a time when we cannot come 
at them without the hazard of damaging the 
bloom or young fir n't. I have known thefe 
birds very often to build in the elder-tree; and 
fometimes in thorns and hedges ; but not .near 
io common as in fruit-trees. 
Of the Young , how to order them, tYc. 
1 HE Gold-Finch has fix- or feven youngs 
ones at a breeding ; they are tender birds, and 
therefore Ihouid not be taken too foon ; let 
them be pretty well feathered firif ; they will 
not be iuljen, like the young of many other 
birds, by haying too long in the nefi ; when 
you take them, prepare their meat after this 
manner : foak white bread in fair water, drain 
it, and tnen boil it with a little milk, till it is 
as thick as hafty-pudding, adding to it a littfe 
hour ot Canary- feed ; with this meat feed them 
every two hours, or oftener, giving them but 
little at a time, two or three fir, all bits only; 
begin to teed them about fun-rhing, and conti- 
nue after this manner till fun-fetting; let them 
