. Our native songsters . cies is not, however, at anytime very abimdant in our larch plantations, butin beech woods, in some other countries, it comes ingreat abundance. Bcchstcin says that these birdsassemble in the beech forests of Thuringia,,in im-mense numbers, coming from tlie north in partiesconsisting of 100,000 individuals. It is generally incaptivity a bold and hardy bird. ]\Ir. Blyth remarks— Were I to judge of tlie temper and dispositionof the bramble finch from one which I kept inconfinement last summer, I should call it one ofthe most untameable of birds; but were I to form * The
. Our native songsters . cies is not, however, at anytime very abimdant in our larch plantations, butin beech woods, in some other countries, it comes ingreat abundance. Bcchstcin says that these birdsassemble in the beech forests of Thuringia,,in im-mense numbers, coming from tlie north in partiesconsisting of 100,000 individuals. It is generally incaptivity a bold and hardy bird. ]\Ir. Blyth remarks— Were I to judge of tlie temper and dispositionof the bramble finch from one which I kept inconfinement last summer, I should call it one ofthe most untameable of birds; but were I to form * The Brambling is six inches and three quarters in and back rich black (in winter freckled with brown); wing-coverts fawn colour with two black bands; quills black, withtawny edges ; rump white, varied with black; tail black withpale edges; throat, breast, and sides rich fawn colour; lowerparts white; interior surf;\ce of the wing yellow at the shoulder;beak blue in summer, yellowish in winter; feet light k
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