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hangs in all kinds of attitudes, and feeds not only 

 on them, but also on the seeds of other plants. It 

 is known in the southern parts of Britain only as 

 a winter visitant, and at that period is gregarious, 

 being frequently taken in company with the Linnet. 

 In the northern counties of England, and in Scot- 

 land and its isles, it is a resident throughout the 

 year. It retires during the summer to the under- 

 wood that covers the bases of many of our moun- 

 tains and hills; and often fringes the banks of the 

 precipitous streams ..which descend in their rocky 

 channels to the plains. In these sequestered 

 situations it breeds ; a bush or low tree being 

 selected for its nest, which is formed of grass, 

 moss, and downy filaments, and lined with seed 

 down. The eggs, generally four or five, are of a 

 pale bluish green, spotted with brown. 



EEDPOLE. 



MEALY, OR STONE EEDPOLE. 



FBINGILLA BOEEALIS, Temm. 



The geographical range of this species is very 

 considerable. Its visits to our shores in any con- 

 siderable numbers happen at irregular periods, 

 sometimes with intervals of some years, during 

 which it is rarely found in England. The period 

 of its appearance here is in the autumn, and it 

 departs again in the spring. In summer it in- 



