mr. goldfinch was sure that they had built too near the ground, and he had chosen a crotch above. toward this he was dragging the bits of grape-vine and cedar-bark which were woven into their first nest. he said they could also use some of the grasses and mosses which they had gotten together, and he even told his wife of some fine thistle-down which he could bring for the inside, where the eggs were to be laid.