﻿. WARBLE R. 



tent if no one meddles with the neft ; for the leaft derangement 

 of the eggs, or almoft looking at them, efpecially if the female is 

 difturbed thereby, caufes her to forfake the neft altogether. It 

 frequently builds alfo in fome hole of a tree. 



The neft is compofed chiefly of mofs., lined with hair and fea- 

 thers. 



The eggs are blue; four or five in number; not unlike, but 

 rather more elongated than, thofe of the Hedge Sparrow. 



It frequently wags the tail *.. 



It is with difficulty that thefe birds are kept in a cage, not 

 iubmitting to it by any means if caught old ; though it may be 

 brought up from the neft if great care is taken. 



Its fong is not ftrong, yet agreeable enough ; and will, if 

 taught young, imitate the note of other birds, and fing by night 

 frequently, as well as in the day-time. 



At large, the food is infefis, flies, fpiders, ants eggs, and fuch 

 like ; but when brought up by hand, will bear to be treated as 

 the Nightingale. 



1,w Le Roflignol de Muraille cendre, Brif. orn. iii. p. 406. 



Aldrov. third Redftart, Rail Syn. p. 78. A. 5. Var. 1. — Will. orn. p. 218. 



Description. r ~V HIS is a variety of the male; and differs in having a long 

 line of white only on the forehead, the back more cinere- 

 ous, and the bottom of .the belly not white. 



* It wags the tail fideways, like a dog when he is pleafed, and not up and 

 down, like the Wagtail, — Br. Zoo!. 



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