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approach it, for it is very shy and timid, 
and loves dense thickets. Nest in end of 
May (which is late), in honeysuckle brambles, 
or a low bush, frail and deep (like those of 
the sedge and reed-warblers) made of fine 
erass and roots, and some hair and wool. 
The Redpoll (length 54. inches). This winter 
visiting finch is a familiar bird in the shops of 
bird-catchers, who net very many of them on 
waste lands and commons (where they are 
found chiefly) in autumn and winter. They 
are very fond of birch trees. ‘They are very 
favourite and cheap aviary and cage birds, 
and are kept more for their sprightly little 
ways than their plumage, which is sober, or 
their notes, which are merely a soft ‘ pee 
weet.’ They also become very tame and are 
easily taught the trick of hauling up their 
seed ina bucket. In the wild state they some- 
what resemble the tits in their acrobatic 
performances.1 As the name implies they 
have red polls, that is, the males have, their 
breasts also being of a pleasing red. The 
colours are much less marked in the females, 
1 Go about in companies, constantly twittering. 
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