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looking bird, with a plumage reminding you of a blossom- 

 ing clover-field a mixture of red and dull green. It has 

 found out what its thick, strong bill was made for, and 

 crushes the scales of the tough pine-cones as though they 

 were paper. The pine-grossbeaks often come into the vil- 



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lage streets, hopping about in search of almost anything to 

 eat, and are very tame and interesting. Their note is a 

 cheery, one, and when captured they thrive well in the 

 cage, eat apple-seeds greedily, and become very entertain- 

 ing. The pine-finch, or siskin, is its miniature, and seeks 

 much the same sort of food, but must get it from softer 



