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pretty frequently in the southern counties ; but 

 its winter home is on the Upper Nile and in East 

 and South Africa, where it can find in abundance 

 the thorny shrubs of the desert ranges, which 



NO. 3. PART OF THE BUTCHER-BIRD'S LARDER. 



stand it in good stead as pegs or hooks on which 

 to base its larder. In England, it usually selects 

 a hawthorn for its scene of operations. 



No. 3 shows far better than I can describe it 



