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FEIN GILLID JS. 
INSESSORES. 
CONIJROSTRES . 
FR INGILLIDJl. 
SISKIN. 
Fringilla spinus 
PLATE L. FIC4. II. 
Several instances of the Siskins breeding in this 
country are recorded by Mr. Yarrell. From the infor¬ 
mation of Mr. Meyer, he says that it has twice built in 
furze, about three feet from the ground, near Coombe 
Wood, the eggs being taken in both instances and hatched 
under canaries. It is more frequent in Scotland than in 
England, for Sir W. Jardine says, that they have bred in 
a large fir wood at Killin, and also in a wood near New 
Abbey, in Galloway. Mr. Yarrell says, that Mr. Drew 
has met with them during the breeding-season on the 
borders of Loch Fine, and that Mr. Gardiner, of Dundee, 
has known of a nest and young ones in Camperdown 
woods, which was built close to the trunk at the inser¬ 
tion of a branch of a spruce-fir, about six feet from the 
ground ; it was composed of materials similar to those 
used by the chaffinch. 
For the egg from which my former drawing was made, 
I was indebted to the late Miss Fisher; it was laid, 
together with three others, by a bird which she had three 
years in confinement. 
For the egg now figured, I have to thank Mr. John 
Hancock, who has also kindly sent me the following 
