. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . MC2 -ri 30 NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREATERRED-HEADED LINNET. PLATE XXX. These birds, like the common Hnnet, inhabit steep,rocky, and barren grounds, where is plenty of heath,furze, broom, and such like small bushes. They build their nest near the ground, forming theoutside of various kinds of moss, hay, and stalks ofdried plants, adding some stout fibres of roots tostrengthen the work. These materials are
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . MC2 -ri 30 NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREATERRED-HEADED LINNET. PLATE XXX. These birds, like the common Hnnet, inhabit steep,rocky, and barren grounds, where is plenty of heath,furze, broom, and such like small bushes. They build their nest near the ground, forming theoutside of various kinds of moss, hay, and stalks ofdried plants, adding some stout fibres of roots tostrengthen the work. These materials are brought inplenty, and firmly platted together. The lining is a thick coat, made of the down gatheredfrom the catkins of the female willow-tree. In the nestI now describe, I find many seeds still adhering to thedown. The whole is neatly made and finished. In the nest were six eggs of a blue-green colour,spotted with purple spots. The song of the Red-headed Linnet is mean, but hisbeauty entitles him to a place in the esteem of thosewho are fond of pretty little birds. In winter they are gregarious, assembling in flocks,sometimes mixing with the common linnet, goldfinch,Sec. Their food is
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