HAWFINCHES.
(To THE EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR.")
SIR ,—Having perused your correspondent's interesting letter regarding the habits of that rara avis, the hawfinch (or common grosbeak), which appeared in your issue of Feb- ruary 11th, I cannot resist trespassing upon your valuable space in the hope that some of your readers may enlighten 1113 still further as to the habits and appearance of these inte- resting creatures. Last Sunday, while sitting in the study of my house in Surrey, I observed a large and heavily built bird of sombre plumage and large claws, apparently sharpening
its powerful beak upon the now empty shell' of the cocoanut, which we annually suspend from.our pergola for the benefit of the hungry tits. I cannot help wondering whether any of your correspondents have had' the good fortune to observe a specimen of the common grosbeak thus engaged.—I am, Sir,
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