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BRITISH BIRDS 



reared from the nest, will learn the notes of other birds 

 to a certain extent, though never as perfectly as a 

 Bullfinch, if better than a Greenfinch. It may also be 



THE HAWFINCH. 



trained to come and go, and rarely abandons its home 

 and the comforts connected therewith. 



It is a winter visitor, but some couples remain to 

 breed during the summer, and more would, no doubt, 

 do so, if they were not so systematically persecuted as 

 they are. 



