. . o23 ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. (Spinus psaltria). Life-size. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 313 a fruit or shj^de tree, often close to dwellings. Indianhemp, vegetable-down, and plant fibers are securely wovenand matted together, forming a substantial, broad-brimmed,deeply hollowed nest, into which a bountiful supply ofthistle-down is placed. The nest is usually situated withintwenty feet of the ground. They often nest on the tops ofthistles, from which habit, and because of fondness forseeds and down, they often take the name thistle
. . o23 ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH. (Spinus psaltria). Life-size. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 313 a fruit or shj^de tree, often close to dwellings. Indianhemp, vegetable-down, and plant fibers are securely wovenand matted together, forming a substantial, broad-brimmed,deeply hollowed nest, into which a bountiful supply ofthistle-down is placed. The nest is usually situated withintwenty feet of the ground. They often nest on the tops ofthistles, from which habit, and because of fondness forseeds and down, they often take the name thistle to six faint bluish-white eggs are laid. The periodof incubation is two weeks. The nest of the goldfinch here illustrated was built inan oak shrub, five feet from the ground, and was takenSeptember 1, 1901. At this late date, incubation had onlycommenced, and, although the timber about the nesting siteswarmed wath migrants passing southward, IVIother Gold-finch expressed no anxiety over the late condition of herhousehold affairs. THE ARKANSAS GOLDFINCH* Thi
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