Cxass II. pPmrGik = DA W:. 
high rocks; laying five or fix eggs. I have known 
them fometimes to breed in hollow trees near a 
rookery, and join thofe birds in their foraging par- 
ties. In fome parts of Hampfhire they make their 
nefts in rabbet holes: they alfo build in the in- 
terftices between the upright and tranfome /fones of 
Stone-Henge; a proof of the prodigious height of that 
ftupendous antiquity; for their nefts are placed 
beyond the reach of the fhepherd-boys, who are al- 
ways idling about the fpot. ‘They are gregarious 
birds; and feed on infects, grain, and feeds *. 
* The Caryocatactes, Wil. orn. 132. Edw. tab. 240. a bird 
of this genus, was fhot near Moffyn, Flintfbire, in O&ober, 
17533 fuppofed to have ftraggled from Germany, where they 
are common: and the Roller, another bird of this clafs, was 
killed near Helffone bridge, Cornwall, in the autumn, 1766. 
Tt is alfo a native of Germany; and is far the moft beautifull 
of the European birds. As an acquaintance with thefe wander- 
ers may be agreeable to our readers, we have given its figure, 
as well as that of the former. The one is copied from Mr. Ea- 
awards; the other from a drawing by Paillou. Vide Appendix. 
Bull 
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