SONG BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



partial to oak and beech woods, where it may be 

 found by its singular note, which seems to express 

 the word " twee," drawn out to some length, and 

 repeated five or six times successively, terminating 

 with the same notes delivered in a hurried manner, 

 at which times it shakes its wings. This seems to 

 be the extent of its song, the latter part of which 

 is chiefly left out after the breeding season. It 

 is also found in Germany, where it is likewise a 

 migrative bird.* 



* Ornithological Dictionary. 



