. The birds of our country. . HAWFINCH. COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS. Family Passerid.^. Sub-family Fringillin^. Genus Coc- COTHRAUSTES. Grosbeak—Common Grosbeak—Haw Grosbeak. I think we may fairly class this amongst our rarer resident birds, though, on account of its very shy habits, it is no doubt thought less common than it really is. It breeds in most counties south of York- shire, and occasionally in Ireland, but in Scotland it seems to be only an accidental visitor. During the last year or two there must have been several reared near us at Queenwood, for I have observed many young ones, two o
. The birds of our country. . HAWFINCH. COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS. Family Passerid.^. Sub-family Fringillin^. Genus Coc- COTHRAUSTES. Grosbeak—Common Grosbeak—Haw Grosbeak. I think we may fairly class this amongst our rarer resident birds, though, on account of its very shy habits, it is no doubt thought less common than it really is. It breeds in most counties south of York- shire, and occasionally in Ireland, but in Scotland it seems to be only an accidental visitor. During the last year or two there must have been several reared near us at Queenwood, for I have observed many young ones, two of which were caught in traps and one old one was shot by the gardener. It had built. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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