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courfe ; wheeling about, and forming various 

 evolutions, which are very amuling. Some- 

 times they appear all fcattered, and feem in 

 confufion -, till clofmg together, as if by fome 

 word of command, they get again into form. 



With regard to all the fongfters of the 

 grove, the woody fcenes of the forefl are vocal 

 with them. The thrufh, the black-bird, the 

 linnet, and the nightingale, abound on every 

 fpray. The nightingale above all, delights in 

 the wild fcenes of the foreft. The black-bird, 

 and the thrufh are often feen tripping over 

 the embellified laivtiy or flirting from the neat 

 trimmed holly-hedge. But the nightingale rarely 

 frequents thefe cultured fpots. To her they 

 afford little pleafure. Her commoneft haunts 

 are thofe of nature — the brake, the copfe, the 

 rough hedge, or the foreft, where fhe lings 

 her melodious ftrains to woods, and folitude ; 

 and would often 



'Wafre lier fvveetnefi on the defert air ; 



but that her voice, fo varied, clear, and full 



is heard far and wide, when the evening is 



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