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OUR NATIVE SONGSTERS. 



temperate and wanner parts of Europe and Asia. 

 Its manners and habits are similar to those^ of the 

 larger species, and, like it, its food consists of 

 insects, varied with berries. It frequents thick 

 copses and licdgerows, and sometimes may be 

 heard or seen on the top of a tall ehn or otlier 

 tree. 



