. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. Plate RED-BACKED SHRIKE. RUDDY-BREASTED BIRDS. 103 order to extract the kernels. This bird nests inhedgerows, or at a moderate height in orchard andother trees—I have found the nest in a thorn a fewfeet above reach—in the neighbourhood of copse orgarden. It is a seed-eater, and is notorious for itsdepredations among the peas. In autumn the asso-ciation of the birds in family parties, and later ingeneral bands, brings them more; into notice. Thesong of the Hawfinch is insignificant, but its call—alon
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. Plate RED-BACKED SHRIKE. RUDDY-BREASTED BIRDS. 103 order to extract the kernels. This bird nests inhedgerows, or at a moderate height in orchard andother trees—I have found the nest in a thorn a fewfeet above reach—in the neighbourhood of copse orgarden. It is a seed-eater, and is notorious for itsdepredations among the peas. In autumn the asso-ciation of the birds in family parties, and later ingeneral bands, brings them more; into notice. Thesong of the Hawfinch is insignificant, but its call—along-drawn whistle delivered four times in succession—is quite distinctive. At first, however, the birdwill probably be identified by means of the massivehead and bill, the latter in summer being of a lividblue, and in winter of a bufiy-white. BULLFINCH—6 inches. Although ruddy-breasted and ap-proaching the thick-necked appearance of the Hawfinch,the Bullfinch has a well-defined hlack cap, a tail entirelyblack, and a short bUl, rather like a Parrots. CHAFFINCH—6 inches ; ruddy-breasted,
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