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 .OFINCIIES IN THK MAKING A Goldfinch Study By R. H. BEEBE Willi pliotonraphs from naturi' by llic author THIS past summer (1904), I have noticed a larj^er number of Gold- finches in this vicinity (Arcade, N. Y.) than I have observed for several years past. Uurinji; the latter part of July, I found quite a number of nests of this bird. Some of these nests were built hifj;h up in the larji;e maple shade trees in the village, while others that I found were built in small bushes about five feet from the ground, — quite a contrast in the two nesting sites. In both cases the nests were built in the crotch of a limb and very carefully concealed by overhanging leaves. The nests are very compact, being constructed of grasses, leaves, pieces of baik, etc., and are very cosily lined with platit-down.