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Title: An illustrated manual of British birds
Identifier: cu31924000047815 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Gurney and Jackson
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE HAWFINCH. COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS, PallaS. The Hawfinch is a bird of shy and retiring habits, and unless attention be attracted by the shrill and—when once heard—unmis- takable whistle, its presence may easily escape detection. There can be no doubt it has been steadily increasing in numbers during the last fifty years, and, though still local in distribution, the nest has been found in every county in England, excepting Cornwall, even as far north as the Lake district and Northumberland, though there the bird becomes rare. From Worcester and Hereford it has now spread to Brecon, where it breeds, but in the rest of Wales it is still uncommon. In spite of the extension of the metropolis, the Hawfinch has not quite ceased to nest in Middlesex, and it is com- paratively common in some parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Berks and Surrey, while in Kent it may almost be called abundant. In Scotland, a young bird obtained near Edinburgh was, in the opinion of Mr. W. E. Clarke, bred in the neighbour- hood, and the species has been taken in winter in the Solway district, while said to have been seen in Sutherland. To Ireland this Finch is only a rare and irregular wanderer in winter, and has never been obtained at any of the lighthouses. Even to the south of Scandinavia the Hawfinch is only an occasional visitor, but in Russia it has been found nesting as far north as the St. Petersburg district Over Central Europe, in suitable

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