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THE BIRDS OF THE WOODS 



Though rather awkward on the ground, they are quick and graceful in their 

 movements among the branches. The hawfinch is distinguished by the remark- 

 able shape of its middle primaries, which from the fifth to the ninth have a distinct 

 prominent angle, opposite which are deep notches on the inner web. 



THE HAWFINCH. 



Tree-Sparrow. 



The sparrows may likewise be regarded as members of the finch 

 tribe, although their nests differ in construction from those of the 

 more typical species. A sparrow's nest is never placed on open branches, neither 

 is it ever of a perfect basin-shape, being generally built in some convenient hole, 



