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The wren is the same as in Europe, yet I never 

 heard any note she has in Carolina. 



Sparrows here differ in feather from the Eng- 

 lish. "We have several species of birds called spar- 

 rows, one of them much resembling the bird call- 

 ed a Corinthian sparrow. 



The lark with us resorts to the savannas, or 

 natural meads, and green marshes. He is colored 

 and heeled as the lark is, but his breast is of a 

 glittering fair lemon color, and he is as big as a 

 fieldfare, and very fine food. 



The red birds, whose cock is all over of a rich 

 scarlet feather, with a tufted crown on his head 

 of the same color, are the bigness of a bunting 

 lark, and very hardy, having a strong thick bill. 

 They will sing very prettily, when taken old and 

 put in a cage. They are good birds to turn a 

 cage with bells ; or if taught as the bulfinch is, I 

 believe would prove very docile. 



East India bats, or musqueto hawks, are the 

 bigness of a cuckoo, and much of the same color. 

 They are so called because the same sort is found 

 in the East Indies. They appear only in the sum- 

 mer, and live on flies, which they catch in the air, 

 as gnats, musquetos, &c. 



• Martins are here of two sorts. The first is the 

 same as in England ; the other as big as a black 

 bird. They have white throats and breasts, with 

 black backs. The planters put gourds on stand- 

 ing holes on purpose for these fowl to build in, 



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