The two last places before you come to our gate are the Dog's Cemetery and thechaffinch's nest, but we pretend not to know what the Dog's Cemetery is, as Porthos is always with us.

Much as I know'd the birds' names in the hedges to bechaffinch, sparrer, thrush.

He received thirty sous per day, and for a month he returned to his lodgings gay as achaffinch, and affable toward his master.

The most curious fact is the perfect gradation in the size of the beaks in the different species of Geospiza, from one as large as that of a hawfinch to that of achaffinch, and (if Mr.

Behind the chapel extended, surrounded by two high hedges of hazel, elder and white thorn, and a deep ditch, the little inclosure - uncultivated, though gay in its sterility; because the mosses there grew thick, wild heliotrope and ravenelles there mingled perfumes, while from beneath an ancient chestnut issued a crystal spring, a prisoner in its marble cistern, and on the thyme all around alighted thousands of bees from the neighboring plants, whilstchaffinches and redthroats sang cheerfully among the flower-spangled hedges.

But it was great fun, rushing along the hedgerows, and discharging stone after stone at blackbirds andchaffinches, though no result in the shape of slaughtered birds was obtained; and Arthur soon entered into it, and rushed to head back the birds, and shouted, and threw, and tumbled into ditches, and over and through hedges, as wild as the Madman himself.

TEESSIDE'Schaffinch population is no doubt heading for another excellent breeding season.

In Northumberland, where almost 4,000 people took part, the top 10 was: house sparrow; starling; blue tit; blackbird;chaffinch; woodpigeon; great tit; goldfinch; jackdaw; coal tit.

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The stalwart trio were followed by thechaffinch in fourth place, magpie in fifth and the great tit in sixth.

They both denied tellingSurrey Policethat there was an explosive device at an address inChaffinch Way in the early hours of February 28.

The goldfinch, great tit, robin, longtailed andchaffinch completed the top ten.