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DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



They eat almost anything and during the grain season do 

 quite an appreciable amount of damage in company with 

 their cousins, the Weaver-birds. 



The Cape Sparrow's range is fairly general in South Africa, 



£iG. 81. — Diamond Sparrow near nest hole. 



but only extends into the Coast Districts of the Eastern 

 Province of the Cape during the winter months ; their most 

 southerly nesting grounds seem to be the high veld at the 

 Great Fish River in the Albany Division. 



