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As they therefore build their nefts in more Southern parts of 

 Europe, there is certainly no natural impoffibility of their doing 

 fo with us ; though I muft own I never yet heard of but one in- 

 stance, which was a fieldfare's neff. found near Paddington u . 



I cannot, however, but think it is only from want of obferva- 

 tion, that more of fach nefts have not been difcovered, which 

 are only looked after by very young children ; and the chief 

 object is the eggs, or Headings, not the bird which lays them*. 



The plumage therefore and flight of the fieldfare or redwing 

 being neither of them very remarkable, it is not at all improba- 

 ble they may remain in fummer, without being attended to ; and 

 particularly the redwing, which fcarcely differs at all in appear- 

 ance from thrufhes. It is not alfo improbable, that the young 

 fieldfares, before they have moulted, may much refemble the 

 common thruih. Thus the chough is by no means peculiar to 

 Cornwall, as is commonly fuppofed, but is miftaken for the jack- 

 daw or rook. 



turdus lliacus (or redwing) leaves thofe parts in the fprhig. The cjrv 

 cumftance therefore of the redwing's breeding -in numbers (per niul'titu- 

 dines) had eleaped the notice of Zornius, though he hath written a differ- 

 tation on this queftion. 



Is it at all furprizing, after this, that fuch difcoveries, if made atall 3 

 Should not be commonly heard of ? 



I have not before referred to Klein, who hath written a very able 

 treatile, in which he argues againfl: the poilibility of migration in birds; 

 becaufe, though I fhould be very happy to fupport my poor opinion by 

 his authority, yet I thought it right neither to repeat his facts, or ar* 

 guments. 



■ See alfo Harl. Mile. Vol II. p. 561. 



x Many birds alfo build in places of fuch difficult accels that boys 

 cannot climb to ; birds-netting is confined almoft entirely to hedges and 

 low fhrubs, 



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