BULLFINCH. 
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BULLFINCH. 
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Pyrrhula vulgaris. 
PLATE LIY. FIG. T. 
You will very rarely see tlie Bullfinch during the 
months of summer, unless you seek it in its sylvan 
haunts, amidst the thickest woods and copses, where 
it breeds, commonly choosing a blackthorn bush for the 
reception of its nest. I have rarely seen it in any 
other situation ; it may sometimes, however, be found 
upon the fiat branches of yew and fir-trees. It is 
composed of moss and roots, lined with wool and hair, 
and much resembles the nest of the green-linnet, but 
differs from it in being formed upon a platform of sticks, 
in which it resembles that of the hawfinch and crossbill. 
The Bullfinch lays four or five eggs, much like those 
of the linnet, but having a blue ground-colour. It breeds 
in May and June. 
