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heard fometimes as early as March. It feeds on inre6ls, which it 

 takes occafionally on the wing ; and it is obferved to be moft frequent 

 about plantations of fir.trees. 



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!Dr. Latham defcribes the neft as being of an arched form, com- 

 pofed of dry bents, mixed with a little mofs, and thickly lined with 

 feathers : it is placed on the ground under a tuft of grafs, or at the 

 bottom of a bufh. The eggs, five in number, white and fprinkled 

 all over with red fpots, efpecially at the largeft end. 



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