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The form of the neft is almoft peculiar to this fpecies only, it is 
of an oval fhape, with a {mall hole or entrance in the fide; the mate- 
rials of the external part are mofs, liverwort, and wool, curioufly in- 
terwoven, the infide is lined with a thick bed of the fofteft feathers. 
The neft is not fufpended from a bough as is ufual with fome of the 
tribe, but is built between the forked branches of low wood, about 
three feet from the ground: they generally contain from ten to feven- 
teen or even twenty eggs of greyifh colour, {peckled with pale red- 
brown. 
Thofe birds are moft frequent in gardens and orchards, to which 
they do much injury by devouring the tender fhoots; they are 
very active, and fly to and fro with great facility, or run up 
and down the branches in every direction. The parents and their 
offspring remain together the whole winter, but feparate in the 
{pring *. 
The male has more of the rofe colour than the female; in the 
former however it is fubject to much variation. 
* «© The young follow the parents the whole winter; and from the flimnefs of their 
bodies, and great length of tail, appear, while flying, like fo many darts cutting the.air,” 
Pennant, 
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