BRITISH BIRDS. 



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may be said to be practically extinct. The bill, which is 

 strong and curved, is bluish ; the top of the head, a line 

 above the eye, and another surrounding and extending 



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in a backward direction beyond it, are brown, as also 

 is the whole of the upper surface, every feather 

 having a dark edge and centre ; a line above the eye 

 is greyish white, as are also the lower half of the 



