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is very accute of hearing,^ the Scull by rea- 

 fon of the large Cavity is very flender and 

 eafily crufli'd, fo that a Mole is quickly kill'd 

 with a-bruife on the Scull like a Lark, and 

 upon the bruife the Membranes of the Scull 

 turn blacky whence Segerus miHakc Membra^ 

 n<z Cerebri in fuperficie exteriori omnino nigrA vi" 

 fa. But when I have taken care not to bruife 

 the Skull the Membranes were not black at 

 all, both Seaerm and Severinm I think had 

 fome perceptions of the different Strudure of 

 a Mole's Ear, but not any thing of its Ana- 

 logy to a Bird's Ear ; they fpeak of a Bone 

 Egregie fumicofum : And Segerus fays there's a 

 DuSlpu ad ojfis ufque fetroji cavitatem protenfuSy 

 flurimis fibrillis Membraneis anneElabatnr. But 

 to return, this Mocking Bird having its. 

 Name from Mimicking , all other Birds in. 

 finging is a wonderful mettled Bird^ bold 

 and brisk, and yet feems to be of a very ten- 

 der Conftituticn, neither finging in Winter, 

 nor in the midft of Summer, and with much 

 diificulty are any of them brought to live ia 

 England. 



The Red Mocking is of a duskifh red, or 

 rather brown ^ it fings very well, but has not 

 fo foft a; Note as the gray Mocking Bird. 



Of Virginia Nightingale , or red Bird, 

 there are two forts, the Cocks of both forts 

 are of a pure Scarlet, the Hens of a Duskifh 

 red I diftinguifh them into two forts, for 

 the one has a tufted Cops on the Head, the 

 other is fmooth-feather'd, I never faw a 

 tufted Cock with a fmooth-headed Hen, or 

 on the contrary ; they generally reforting a 

 Cock and Hen together, and play in a Thick- 

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