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Towards the end, I used to feed the hen with 

 hemp seed, and she was so confiding that she would 

 actually take it from my lips and would perch on 

 my hand without the least sign of fear. She was 



COCK BULLFINCH FEEDING YOUNG. 



very clever at shelling the seeds, and after shelling 

 about a dozen would feed her young with them ; 

 but she seemed to know that too much hemp seed 

 was not good, as she would only take a certain 

 quantity, and then fly off to look for birch 

 catkins. When the mother bird was feeding from 



