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 I'he Hen Wheat-Ear, 



Numb. LIV. 



IT is bigger than the Houfe Sparrow ; the Bill is flender, ftreight, 

 black, and more than half an Inch long,- the Colour of its Head 

 and Back is cinereous with a Mixture of red; the Rump white, the 

 Belly is of a light hair Colour, inclining to white; the Quill-Feathers 

 and Covert Feathers are black, their exterior Edges are of a reddifli yel- 

 low, and in fome Birds white. The Tail is two Inches and a quarter 

 long, made up of twelve black Feathers, their exterior Edges the fame 

 with the Quill-Feathers; the Legs and Feet black; its Stomach is not 

 very mufculous, out of which when diffedled was taken Beetles and 

 other InfeEis. It commonly breeds in forfaken Coney Burrows. 



In Sujfex the Boys, to catch thefe Birds, ufe this Art; they dig long 

 Turfs of Earth, and lay them acrofs the Holes whereout they were dig- 

 ged, and about the middle of them hang Snares made of Horfe-hair. 

 Thele Birds being naturally very timorous, if a Hawk happens to ap- 

 pear, or but a Cloud pafs over and intercept the Sun-Beams, they haf- 

 tily run to hide themfelves in the Holes, under the Turfs, and fo are 

 caught by the Neck in Snares. Upon the Downs in Sujfex they are 

 taken in great numbers in Harveft-time or beginning of Autumn, where 

 for their Fatnefs and delicate Rclifh, they are highly prized. See the 

 Cocky Vol. the firfi 



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