SHRIKE. i 77 



The manners of this bird feem difputed j one author * men- Manners, &c. 

 tions, that it perches on, a high (tone, and as foon as a markfman 

 appears with his gun, removes to a greater diftance, and fo on, as 

 often as he approaches ; which renders this fpecies difficult to 

 come at. Others f , on the contrary, fay, that it is a bold bird, 

 attending the traveller while at his meal, on purpofe to feed on 

 his fcraps. 



Some authors rank this with the Thrujhes, and others with the 

 Crow genus ; it feems much allied to the laft, from having the 

 noftrils covered with recumbent feathers, as in thofe birds. Lin- 

 naus obferves, that the laft, the following, and this, all agree in 

 a certain loofe texture of feathers, rendering them peculiar. 



It has an agreeable note of its own J, approaching to that of the 

 Hedge- fparrow, and will alfo learn to imitate that of others. It 

 makes the neft among the holes of the rocks, &c. hiding it with 

 great art, and lays three or four eggs, feeding the young with 

 worms and infects, on which it alfo feeds itfelf, It may be 

 taken young from the neft, and brought up as the Nightingale. 



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Turdus faxatilis, Lin. Syft. i. p. 294. 27. 



Le petit Merle de Roche, Brif. orn. ii. p. 240. N° 14. LESSER ROCK 



Blau-kopfiige Rothe Amfel, Frifch. t. 32. g_ 



HIS is rather lefs. The head, throat, and neck are blueifti Description.- 

 afh, marked with rufous and bro.wn fpots : back and rump 

 blackifh, mixed with cinereous blue and rufous : lower part of 

 the back white and afti-colour : the tail and under parts of the 

 body the fame as in the laft bird. 



* Buff on. t Brunnich, Linn<eus. 



% Albin fays, that it is frequently kept in cages for its finging, vol. iii. p. 51. 



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