The bird was a close sitter but shy after leaving the nest. The edge of the nest was given with the top for the ground and my recollection is that it was composed mostly of leaves lined with coarse grass. Incubation was so far advanced that I could not divide the set. During the month of June 1892, I found a set of House Finch containing seven eggs all which were at the same stage of advancement of incubation. I did not preserve the set. Mr. L. W. Brokaw of Palisades reports a similar set.