92 Lhe Lrambling. 
song, as it returns to the North for the purpose of 
nesting. Its call-note resembles the greenfinch’s “ pee- 
wit,” though perhaps not sounded in quite so loud a 
tone. It is said to build its nest in fir trees : its. nest 
is composed of moss and wool, lined with hair and 
feathers. It is a well-made nest, and usually contains 
five eggs, 
When on the wing and flying from one beech hill 
to another some little distance off, these birds fly 
high, very often clearing the tops of other trees in the | 
line ; their flight is sharper than the chaffinch’s, and it 
does not dip so much as that bird when closing its 
wings. This is a splendid bird, richly coloured and 
beautifully marked, at the same time bearing a great 
variety of tints, which give it a very uncommon effect, 
and render it well deserving to be classed with the Finch 
family. 

