THE HAWFINCH 



Coccothratistes vnlgaris. 

 Loxia coccothraustes. 



HIS some wha t singular-looking 

 bird is very commonly known 

 as the Grosbeak J French 

 Grosbeak, and Haw Gros- 

 beak. As this last^ pame 

 indicates, the bill is large 

 and powerful, and this cir- 

 cumstance, in conjunction 

 with the fact that its food 

 consists largely of haw-berries, 

 at once explains the name 

 that has been given to it. 



The Hawfinch is both a 

 resident in and a visitor to 

 this country — that is to say, 

 it stays in some parts all 

 the year round, whilst other 

 localities it visits only at the 

 beginning of winter, to leave 

 again in the following early 

 spring. 



It is, or has been, met 

 with in nearly all the prin- 

 cipal counties of England, 



