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Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
 (L 6.1-6.9")
Rude Strand
Odder
03Jun2010
A beautiful bird is the bullfinch
Though a fine song he does not
have to sing
By the poets not one celebrated
As a voice of the Northern Spring
    (Francis Duggan)
Pyrrhula is Greek for a worm-eating
bird mentioned by Aristotle.
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