THE CHAFFINCH. 



heard it repeated twenty-one times in 

 four minutes it is always to me, " A full, 

 clear, sprightly ringing ditty." It varies 

 greatly in individuals, and although 



CHAFFINCHES. SPARROWS, AND STARLING 

 FEEDING IN WINTER. 



London bird-catchers consider an Essex 

 Chaffinch superior to all others as a singer, 

 I prefer to listen to some members of the 

 species I have heard cheering the dark 

 solitude of great Highland pine forests. 

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