New yerfey, Raccoon. 71 



general ought to be much deeper, more 

 lively and fhining; no bird in Sweden has 

 fo (hining and deep a blue colour as this : 

 The jay has perhaps a plumage like it. The 

 food of the blue bird is not merely infects, 

 he likewife feeds upon plants ; therefore in 

 winter, when no infects are to be met with, 

 they come to the farm-houfes in order to 

 fubfift on the feeds of hay, and other fmall 

 grains. 



RED -//></ is another fpecies of fmall bird. 

 Catejby has likewife figured it *. Dr. Lin- 

 naeus calls \t,LoxiaCardinalis. It belongs to 

 that clafs of birds which are enemies to 

 bees, lying in wait for them and eating 

 them. I fed a cock for five months together 

 in a cage ; it eat both maize and buck- 

 wheat, for I gave it nothing elfe. By its 

 fong it attracted others of its fpecies to the 

 court-yard, and after we had put foms 

 maize on the ground under the window 

 where I had it, the others came there every 

 day to get their food ; it was then eafy to 

 catch them by means of traps. Some of 

 them, efpecially old ones, both cocks and 

 hens, would die with grief on being put 

 into cages. Thofe on the other hand which 

 were grown tame, began to fing exceedingly 

 E 4 fweet : 



See Cattfy't Natural tojtory, vol. I. pi. 38. Cocci* 



