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The Haw and Cross-billed Grosbeaks come Grosbeaks. 

 here but seldom; they breed in Austiia. I 

 suspect that the Pine Grosbeak breeds in the 

 forests of the Highlands of Scotland. The 

 other species, with the exception of the rare 

 JVhite-winged Crossbill, breed in England. 



All the genus inhabits this kincfdom throuo;h- Bdntings. 

 out the year, except the Greater Brambling, 

 which is forced here from the north in very 

 severe seasons. 



All continue in some parts of these kingdoms. Finches, 

 except the Siskin, which is an irregular visitant, 

 said to come from Russia. The Linnets shift . • 



their quarters, breeding in one part of this island, 

 and remove with their young to others. All 

 finches feed on the seeds of plants. 



All of these feed on insects and Morms ; yet Fly- 

 only part of them quit these kmgdoms; though Larks, ' 

 the reason of miration is the same to all. The ' ^^^Zt^^^' 



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Fly-catcher, Nightingale, Black-cap, Petty- Warblers. 

 chaps, Wood, Reed Grasshopper Warblers, JVil- 

 low-wren, Wheat-ear, and White-throat, leave us 

 before winter, while the small and delicate Gol- 

 den-crested Jlren braves our severest frosts. W^e 

 imagine that the migrants of this genus continue 

 longest in Great Britain in the southern coun- 4,.^ '*ivr=' 

 ties, the winter in those parts being later than 

 in those of the north; Mr. StilUngfleet having 

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