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n. - A common large finch of Eurasia.

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  • The books told me that a hawfinch could exert enough pressure with its beak to squeeze a cherry stone until it popped and surrendered its soft heart.
  • 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 a...
  • This and the two following numbers, 26 and 27, are only required for the humming birds; 28 is, however, a good size for the least. 24 will be found a good size for the smaller...
  • It is the call of the nightingale, and the cuckoo, the hawfinch, tree pipit and the lark.
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