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‘in nies they retire to Lapland, 
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: “apt to deftroy birds fmaller than themfelves, by 
meng out pieces of their fiefh witirtheir bills. 
They are migratory, and feen in England only 
“occafionall y. 
ee PINE CROSBEAK 
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Bas: two i of white on the wings. On the heat neck, 
real, and near the tail, the plumage i is of a rofe coloured 
cnmfon, ) 
_Itinhabits forefts of fir trees in Sweden, and 
Canada, and the pine forefts of Invercauld in 
_ Aberdéenthire, feeding upon the feeds in the 
' - ebiies, and -difleminating the firs, i 
In the night it fings very melodioutl; yy and al- 
‘moft Without ceafing, 
In the winter it migrates into the more foiith- 
ern provinces of Sweden. T he pluihage of the 
Younger i inclines toa reddifh, in the older birds to 
a yell Owith caft, : 
it makes its neft on trees, at a fmall height 
( ‘from. the ground, with {mall twigs and fibres, 
lined with feathers. ‘The female lays four white — 
Rips, which are hatched in June, The Pine 
-, Grofbeaks are taken about Peterfburgh in aul 
 thinn, i in great numbers, and brought to market ; 
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