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Encyclopedia Britannica



HAWFINCH

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 94 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HAWFINCH , a bird so called from the belief that the fruit of the
hawthorn
  (Crataegus Oxyacantha) forms its
chief
  food, the Loxia coccothraustes of Linnaeus, and the Coccothraustes vulgaris of modern ornithologists, one of the largest of the
finch
  family (Fringillidae), and found over nearly the whole of Europe, in Africa north of the
Atlas
  and in
Asia
  from Palestine to Japan. It was formerly thought to be only an autumnal or winter-visitor to Britain, but later experience has proved that, though there may very likely be an immigration in the fall of the year, it breeds in nearly all the
English
  counties to Yorkshire, and abundantly in those nearest to London. In coloration it bears some resemblance to a chaffinch, but its much larger size and enormous
beak
  make it easily recognizable, while on closer inspection the singular
bull
 -hook 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 woods it builds its
nest
 , it is exceedingly shy in its habits, so as seldom to afford opportunities for observation. (A. N.)


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