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Their chief food is infects, except in autumn, when they make 

 great havock among the figs and grapes ; whence it is fuppofed 

 their great delicacy in feme meafure arifes. I do not find any 

 defcription of the neft; it is faid to be difficult to find. The 

 male has little or no fong. 



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La Fauvette tachetee, Brif. orn. iii. p. 389. N° 9. — Buf. 0!/, v. p. 149.— 



PL enl. 581. 3. 

 Le Bouvier, Salerne, p. 226. 7. 



Boarina, Rait Syn. 77. 7. — Will. orn. p. 217. — Aldr. av. ii. p. 734. 

 Fig-eater, Albin. iii. pi. 26. 



L E N G T H five inches and a half. Bill reddifh brown : the 

 upper parts of the body and wings are rufous brown, varied 

 with yellowifh and afh-colour : beneath white : breaft yellowifh, 

 marked with black fpots : the quills are blackifh, edged with 

 white : tail the fame ; the two middle feathers fhorter than the 

 reft : legs reddifh : claws black. 



This is common in Italy, efpecially about Bologna, and is 

 chiefly feen in paftures where beads * are kept. It makes the 

 neft about a foot from the ground, on fome fhrubor ftrong plant; 

 is not eafily frightened from the neft ; and will fooner lofe its life 

 than fuffer the young to be hurt f . 



FIG-EATER, 



Description* 



Place and 

 Manners. 



* A perfeqaendo Boves, vulgo Boarolam, feu Boarinam nuncupantar* 

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