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belonging to Lord Mansfield. In 18 G3 I obtained 

 a nest containing five eggs, together with the old 

 male bird, in Bishop's Wood ; and during the pre- 

 vious summer, a boy took three nests with eggs in 

 Caen Wood. Mr. Spencer tells me he has seen 

 as many as fourteen or fifteen at one time in these 

 woods, feeding on the beech-mast. Mr. Power says 

 the Hawfinch is common about the park at Ealing 

 throughout the year. He has several times obtained 

 birds in full summer plumage, and has seen the 

 young of this species shot in the neighbourhood. 

 This bird has been taken as near London as Nottinff 



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Hill, and Mr. Button, of Hammersmith, writes me 

 word that it has been obtained in the neighbour- 

 hood of Chiswick, and has nested there in the Hor- 

 ticultural Gardens. 



The Hon. F. C. Bridgeman, writing from Harrow, 

 says : " The neighbourhood of Harrow seems to be 

 rather a favourite place of resort for these birds, 

 though they are not common in most places, and 

 they seem to be rather on the increase than other- 

 wise. On the 7th May, 1863, I saw a nest of the 

 Hawfinch situated at the top of a tall apple tree in 

 the Grove (Harrow), containing five eggs. It was 

 composed of small sticks and twigs slightly lined 

 with hay and one or two feathers." 



Mr. Belfrage says the Hawfinch has been found 

 breeding at Muswell Hill ; and I learn from Mr. 

 J. W. Ford, of Enfield, that the bird has nested in 



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