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Bully, what fairy warbles in thy throat ? 

 — " Oh for the freedom of my own wild note ! 

 Art hath enthralled my voice. I strive in vain 

 To break the linked sweetness of my chain ; 

 Love, joy, rage, grief, ring out melodious strain. 



IVIONTGOMEKY— Bt?*rfs. 



This bird is fairly common throughout the county, and is 

 sometimes seen in considerable numbers. A spring rarely passes 

 without an invasion of the city gardens by a flock of Bullfinches. 

 In their search for insects they are apt to disbud the fruit trees 

 altogether, and they are thus no favourites with the gardeners. 

 The buds of many trees have a great attraction for them, not only 

 of the gooseberry, apple, pear, plum, and cherry, but also of the 

 white and black thorn, the larch and birch trees, and if allowed 

 they will destroy them all. 



The Bullfinch, for some reason or other, is called a "Whoop" 

 in Herefordshire, and would not be known amongst common people 

 by any other name. He sometimes also is called a "Tope". 



[Genus — Pinicola.] 



[PiNicoLA ENUCLEATOR — Pine-grosbeak.] 



\_Pyrrhiila enucleator — Yarreil^ 



Said to have occurred near Newcastle, and also near Exeter. 



[Genus — Loxia.] 



[LoxL\ pityopsittacus — Parrot Crossbill.] 



Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, and Hampshire. 



LOXIA CURVIROSTRA— Crossbill. 



This very interesting bird is a frequent visitant to Hereford- 

 shire, and sometimes stays to breed here. It is much more 

 numerous in some seasons than others. In years favourable to its 

 appearance here, numerous small flocks may be observed all 



