328 Remarks on Malm cyaneus and pygargus, , 



insects, but that it roosts amongst their, leaves, to secure 

 itself against the bat, its enemy. 



To this curious account, implicit faith cannot be given ; 

 for as on the continent furze is by no means uncommon, 

 except in the more northern part, there can be no reason to 

 believe the nature of this little creature to be so different in 

 Provence from what it is in England, where it is only found 

 to iuhabit the more extended tracts covered with that shrub. 

 If indeed it were necessary to hide itself at night from the 

 tat, furze is better calculated for that purpose than cabbages ; ' 

 but I believe there is no species of that genus in Europe 

 sufficiently large to attack even our most diminutive bird, 

 the gQiden-crested wren, which we may safely conclude has 

 no occasion to hide itself from any European species of Ves- 

 per tilio. 



Science, unfortunately, is too frequently blended with 

 fiction, occasioned by too large a share of credulity ; the 

 detection of such errors is a work of time, and a series of 

 years are often required to correct what, according to the 

 general merit of an author, has more or less been stamped 

 with credit. 



Experience from ocular demonstration has at last been able 



to collect materials concerning the natural history of Sylvia 



Provincialis, which serves to evince that M. de Buffon was 



' misled, and that, in fact, little was known of the habits pf 



this elegant little warbler till the present discoveries. 



BIRDS NEWLY DISCOVERED IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



In this place I shall take the opportunity of recording 

 some birds which, as far as I have been able to discover, 

 have not till recently been found in this kingdom, but now 

 claim a place in the British Fauna. 



ARDEA ^EQUIKOCTIALIS. 



Lid. Orn. ii. p. -696. 70. 

 Little White Heron. Latham. Syn. v. p. 03. No. 63. 

 This bird was killed in Devonshire the latter end of Oc* 

 tober, in the year 1805, and is now in my museum. Upon 

 liscection it proved a female. 



TANTALUM 



