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countries. In the last they breed in the hills, 

 but descend to the lower parts to feed on the 

 berries of the mountain ash. 



They migrate into France late in the season : 

 and appear in small flocks about Montbard, m 

 Burgundy, in the beginning of October, but sel- 

 dom stay above two or three weeks. Notwith- 

 standii.g this, they are said to breed in Sologne 

 and the forest of Orleans. 



" The nest and eggs are said not to be unlike 

 those of a blackbird : the former is made on the 

 ground or the side of a bush ; the eggs usually 

 five in number. This species is met with in 

 the warmer and the colder regions, as well in 

 Africa as Asia; but does not inhabit either 

 Russia or Sibiria, though it is seen in Persia 

 about the Caspian sea." J. L. 



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