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THE CHAFFINCH (Frtngtlla ccBlehs).* 



This is a well-known bird in all parts of Great Britain and' 

 Ireland, and a favourite with all except, perhaps, a few 

 gardeners and fruit growers, who suspect it of pecking up 

 young radishes and lettuces, as w^ell as of picking out the buds- 

 of fruit trees. But almost every bird that is found near habi- 



* The chaffinch was called ca:lehs by Linnaeus, because of the supposed migration of 

 fema''.es in Sweden, which left the male celibate. 



