. Birds through the year . ,. GREATER SPOTTED WOOD-PECKER the birds remained clearing up the relics for many is an odd fact, established by some very thorough investiga-tions, that partridges living on chalk land are distinctly biggerand stronger on the wing than others. The bird that, if one may say so, ought to suffer morethan most others, but does suffer less, is the sparrow. It isessentially a grain eater. It does not care for fruit, andonly eats live things during one of the spring months, but itis saved by its affection for the haunts of men and by thestackyards, where there is
. Birds through the year . ,. GREATER SPOTTED WOOD-PECKER the birds remained clearing up the relics for many is an odd fact, established by some very thorough investiga-tions, that partridges living on chalk land are distinctly biggerand stronger on the wing than others. The bird that, if one may say so, ought to suffer morethan most others, but does suffer less, is the sparrow. It isessentially a grain eater. It does not care for fruit, andonly eats live things during one of the spring months, but itis saved by its affection for the haunts of men and by thestackyards, where there is always grain. In the yards itis always associated with finches. Any one who likes toconceal himself in loose straw can watch the finches from afew yards or even feet; and if there were more stackyard THE STRUGGLE WITH COLD 3i3 observations, there would be less written of the exceedingscarcity of certain birds. In Hertfordshire, for example, thebrambling or mountain finch is usually common every flocks appear in t
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