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T is a disagreeable task to deliver an adverse 
I verdict against so beautiful a bird as the 
Bullfinch ; yet it has to be regretfully admitted that he is 
one of the most mischievous of all the feathered visitors 
to our gardens, and that there is very little to be said in 
% # his favour. His mischief-making begins quite early in the 
j spring, when he sets himself systematically to work to 
4 destroy the flower-buds of gooseberry bushes, and of plum 
m and cherry trees. It has been suggested that these are 
Baa BOT tenanted by grubs, which would have 
\ RS destroyed the buds in any case, and 
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that in reality the bird is 
