THE TWITE. 



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Auchencraw, has told me that he used to take numbers of 

 these birds some years ago, in winter, at West Greenfield. It 

 is said to frequent Coldingham Moor, and the Eev, George 

 Cook, Longformacus, writes to me that Mr. Smith has 

 frequently seen it at Whitchester, and has also found its 

 nest there. On the 10th of March 1887, I saw a small flock 

 feeding under the birch-trees which adorn the banks of the 

 Dye near its junction with the Watch, the ground being 

 slightly covered with snow, of which a considerable fall took 

 place on the following day. 



The nest of the Twite, which is neatly constructed of 

 roots, dry grass, and moss, lined with wool, hair, and feathers, 

 is generally placed amongst heather or grass. The eggs, 

 from four to six in number, are very like those of the Linnet, 



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