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BRITISH BIRDS. 



OF this family many are distinguished as well 

 for the liveliness of their song, as for the beauty 

 and variety of their plumage, on which account 

 they are much esteemed. They are very numerous, 

 and assemble sometimes in immense flocks, feed- 

 ing on various kinds of seeds and grain, as well as 

 on insects and their eggs. The beak of- the Finch 

 is conical, very thick at the base, and tapering to a 

 sharp point. 



