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than that of the thrush (see Part I, p. 21). Sings (like 
thrush) most at nesting time (spring) and in the morning 
and evening, also on the warmer days in winter. Kept 
in cages for its song. Food: See above. Plumage : 
See above. Flesh: edible, delicious and wholesome. 
Nest: In early spring. Situated: Mostly in hedges 
and evergreens; generally not very high up. Cup- 
shaped, open. Made of: Roots and grasses, held to- 
gether with clay, but not lined with mud or clay inside 
like the thrush’s. Second nests: Two or even four 
yearly. Eggs: Light greenish-blue, mottled with pale 
brown. Four or five. 
2. BULLFINCH 
(Pages 106-110) 
Pyrrhula europea (Greek, pyrrhos, fire red; from 
breast). (One of the Finch family, Fringillide, which 
mostly have strong, sharply-pointed, short bills. ‘ Bully’ 
a pet name. Bull may be from its general robust 
appearance, as compared with other finches. Finch: 
Saxon, finc; Swedish, fink, finke; Danish, vink). <A 
handsome, familiar many-coloured bird, often kept in 
cages, with a strong somewhat arched beak and thick 
throat, black head, crimson (brick red) breast, grey- 
black back, purple-black tail, and wings barred with 
white. Female: Breast and back brown. Found: 
