. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE GOLDFINCH. 547. Nest of the Goldfinch. The position of the two nests, however, is very different. In- stead of choosing the forks of a bough, the Goldfinch likes to make its nest near the end of a horizontal branch, so that it waves about and dances up and down as the branch is swayed by the wind. It might be thought that the eggs would be shaken out by a tolerably sharp breeze, and such would indeed be the case were they not kept in their place by the
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE GOLDFINCH. 547. Nest of the Goldfinch. The position of the two nests, however, is very different. In- stead of choosing the forks of a bough, the Goldfinch likes to make its nest near the end of a horizontal branch, so that it waves about and dances up and down as the branch is swayed by the wind. It might be thought that the eggs would be shaken out by a tolerably sharp breeze, and such would indeed be the case were they not kept in their place by the form of the nest. If one of the best examples be examined, it will be seen to have the edge thickened and slightly turned inward, so that, when the nest is tilted on one side by the swaying of the bough, the eggs are still retained within. I have seen the branches of a tree violently agitated by ropes and sticks, and noticed that the eggs in a Gold- finch's nest retained their position until the branch was struck upward close to the spot on which the nest was made, all the previous agitation having failed to dislodge Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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