. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. aame aH. 831- LaWMKMCK'H UOLUPINCIi NORril /^MUHIVAS UUdfH. 363 631. LAWBBNCE'8 GOLDFINCH. SpUtua lawrencti (Cm«.) OeoR. Dlst.— riillfornia, in winter southeastward to Arizona. Lawrence's Qoldflnch li a common bird in Cali- fornia where It breeds in abundance, placinx the ni>8t usually near the extremity of the limb of a livo o;(|{, where it Is veil concealed and hard to find. I hey nest in Ap il, May and June. Professor Ever- tiiann says he found the flrst full set of eggs in Ven- tura county,
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. aame aH. 831- LaWMKMCK'H UOLUPINCIi NORril /^MUHIVAS UUdfH. 363 631. LAWBBNCE'8 GOLDFINCH. SpUtua lawrencti (Cm«.) OeoR. Dlst.— riillfornia, in winter southeastward to Arizona. Lawrence's Qoldflnch li a common bird in Cali- fornia where It breeds in abundance, placinx the ni>8t usually near the extremity of the limb of a livo o;(|{, where it Is veil concealed and hard to find. I hey nest in Ap il, May and June. Professor Ever- tiiann says he found the flrst full set of eggs in Ven- tura county, April ti. The nest is composed of wool, tine graBseB, down and feathers, closely matted to- gether and lined with the long hair of the larger animals. They are often made entirely of grasses. The latter is chiefly the composition of four nests before me taken by Mr. Herron in May and June. The eggs are four or Ave in number, and are pure white. Four typical eggs befor*- me measure as follows: ., .;. ., .; a set of five collected at San Oorgonia Pass, by Mr. Herron, June 22, offers the following sizes; .r>, ., . ., . [ BLAOX-HEADED GOLDFINCH. SphniM nutuluH (Du Bus.) Uoog. DIst.—Mountains of Guatemala and Southern Mexico, north at least to Central Vera Cruz; accidental iu Kentucky (Audubon). There appears to be no authentic written history concerulug the nidltkatlon of this species There is no doubt that its general habits correspond with those of others of this genus. 633. PINE SISKIN. SpinuH piiiun (Wils.) Qeog. North America, breeding from Northern United States northward; South in winter to Mexico. The Pine Linnet, Pine Finch, or American Siskin, breeds throughout the nritlsh Provinces, Northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, thence to Oregon and Washington, in evergreen forests. Its breeding within the United States, however is by no means of common occurrence. It has b
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