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researches with regard to the food of the greenfinch 
give the following results :— 
‘January, seeds, berries, wild fruit, and worms; 
February and March, the same; April, the same and 
insects; May—August, the same; September—De- 
cember, seeds, berries, wild fruit, and worms.” 
‘The Greenfinch. 
As far as the art of building is concerned, the green- 
finch is decidedly inferior to both the preceding 
birds, although its nest is yet a neat and beautiful 
structure. The chosen situation is generally a thick 
thorn hedge, and the materials usually employed are 
moss, roots, grass, and hair. The eggs, from four to 
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