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HAWFINCH , a See also:bird so called from the belief that the See also:fruit of the See also:hawthorn (Crataegus Oxyacantha) forms its See also:chief See also:food, the Loxia coccothraustes of See also:Linnaeus, and the Coccothraustes vulgaris of See also:modern ornithologists, one of the largest of the See also:finch See also:family (Fringillidae), and found over nearly the whole of See also:Europe, in See also:Africa See also:north of the See also:Atlas and in See also:Asia from See also:Palestine to See also:Japan . It was formerly thought to be only an autumnal or See also:winter-visitor to See also:Britain, but later experience has proved that, though there may very likely be an See also:immigration in the fall of the See also:year, it breeds in nearly all the See also:English counties to See also:Yorkshire, and abundantly in those nearest to See also:London . In coloration it bears some resemblance to a See also:chaffinch, but its much larger See also:size and enormous See also:beak make it easily recognizable, while on closer inspection the singular See also:bull-See also:hook See also:form of some of its wing-feathers will be found to be very remarkable . Though not uncommonly frequenting gardens and orchards, in which as well as in See also:woods it builds its See also:nest, it is exceedingly shy in its habits, so as seldom to afford opportunities for observation . (A . |
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