NATURAL HISTORY 



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EngUJh S I N G I N G-B I R DS. 



The 'Description and CharaBer of the 

 Black-Bird. 





HIS IS a Bird well knovvn, be- 

 ing common in moft, if not all 

 the Counties in Efjgland\ there- 

 fore needs not a particular De-^ 

 fcription. He is the largeft Song- 

 Bird that I know of, found in this Kingdom ; 

 and likewife one of the firft that proclaims 

 the welcome Spring, by his fhrill harmonious 

 Voice, as if he were the Harbinger of Na- 

 ture, to awaken the Reft of the feathered 

 Tribe to prepare for the approaching Sea- 



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