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THE RIVER-SIDE NATURALIST. 



now perched on the seed-vessel. Graham well describes 

 him : 



" But mark the pretty bird himself how light 

 And quiet his every motion, every note ! 

 How beautiful his plumes ! his red-ringed head, 

 His breast of brown ! And see him stretch his wing, 

 A fairy fan of golden spokes it seems." 



THE GOLDFINCH. 



Most of the goldfinches which are found in England 

 migrate southwards in October, returning again in April. 



