96 The Goldfinch. 

to be found in May or June. The female lays five eggs, 
and feeds her young with seeds of weeds, caterpillars, 
and different kinds of insects that are easy of diges- 
tion. This is a bird that does an immense amount of 
good, clearing the land of that which, if allowed to 
remain, would much impoverish it, therefore it ought 
to be very highly prized and esteemed, and looked 
upon in every way asatreasure. For song it is musical, 
for plumage it is beautiful, and the good we derive from 
it is wonderful. 

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