BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Fk;. !.■). — The HramUliKjs 



chaffinch or canary) are invariably barren. Length, 6j 

 inches ; tail, 2f . 



Bramblixg. — This bird, 

 in habits and general con- 

 figuration, bears a strong 

 resemblance to the last, 

 but instead of being par- 

 tially migratory, it is en- 

 tirely so, arriving in the 

 autumn from the north, 

 sometimes in large flocks, 

 and departing in greatly re- 

 duced numbersiuthespring. 

 The nest is stated to have 

 been occasionally found in 

 the northern counties of 

 England, and in Scotland. 



It should be fed and treated like the chaffinch, that is, 

 on a mixed diet of seed and insect food. It is asserted to 



have bred in several 

 aviaries, and even 

 to have produced 

 in one a mixed off- 

 spring with the 

 chaffinch. 



Tlie colour of the 

 bird is black on the 

 head and neck, vari- 

 ously spotted and 

 streaked with 

 chestnut brown, 

 the rest of the 

 plumage being similar in character. 



The female is smaller, and has no black about her. 



