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NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE.
into Italy." Now I want to know, from some curious person in
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The Chaffinch (Fringilla cœlebs).
the north, whether there are any large flocks of these finches with them in the winter, and of which sex they mostly consist? For
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The Common Linnet.
from such intelligence, one might be able to judge whether our