Pa a YT B CVI 
c¢ "The wakeful bird 
Sings darkling, and in fhadieft covert hid 
Tunes her nocturnal note.” 
s The amorous bird of night 
Sung fpoufal, and bid hafte the evening ftar 
On his hill-top to light the bridal lamp.” 
Milton's Paradife Loft. 
The Nightingale is fometimes kept in cages. ‘Thofe reared from 
the neft are better than fuch as are caught in a wild ftate, becaufe 
they fing throughout the year, except in the time of moulting. Thofe 
which are caught begin to fing about fix or eight days after. Mr. 
Latham fays, that neither this nor the Blackcap is found in Ireland. 
Mr. Pennant fays it does not inhabit Scotland, though S7déald places 
it in his lift of the Birds of that country. 
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