. Our native songsters . k. THE CHAFFINCH. 281 my judgment from tlie individual whicli I possessat present, I should on the contrary deem it to bevery familiar and confiding. This bird is some-times called Grosheah cFArdennes, and is thoughtby Mr. Broderip to be the Pinson dArdennes of theold French author Belon. Of its song nothingseems certainly known, but it appears to be lessmusical than most of the finches. Its call ismerely a monotonous chirp. Besides the seeds ofthe fir tribe, it greedily devours those of our mostcommon plant, the knot grass. But leaving the more rare birds, for one who

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. Our native songsters . k. THE CHAFFINCH. 281 my judgment from tlie individual whicli I possessat present, I should on the contrary deem it to bevery familiar and confiding. This bird is some-times called Grosheah cFArdennes, and is thoughtby Mr. Broderip to be the Pinson dArdennes of theold French author Belon. Of its song nothingseems certainly known, but it appears to be lessmusical than most of the finches. Its call ismerely a monotonous chirp. Besides the seeds ofthe fir tribe, it greedily devours those of our mostcommon plant, the knot grass. But leaving the more rare birds, for one whosesong is known to every country resident, we mustpass on to the Chaffinch* [Frincjilla coelehs), whoselively call-note, and varied strain, may be heard assoon as those of the blackbird, and while the chil-ling winds of February are resounding throughthe leafless trees. Now it perches on the wall,picking out tiic seeds from that little white- • The Chaffinch is six inches in length. Head and neck darkgrey ; back chestnut;

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