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difference from that of France, but a fmall ring of 

 white round the neck, and a particular kind of cry. 

 Its flelri is good eating, and many prefer it to that 

 of a pullet. In winter, its provisions are field mice, 

 the legs of which he breaks, feeds carefully, and 

 fattens till he wants them. The bat here is larger 

 than that of France. 1 he blackbird and fwallow 

 are in this country birds of paffage, as in Europe y 

 the former are not a deep blaek, but inclining to? 

 red. We have three forts of larks the fmallelt q£ 

 which are like fparrows. This laft is little different 

 from ours ; he lias quite the fame inclinations, but 

 his mien is very indifferent. 



There are in this country vaft multitudes of wiM- 

 ducks, of which I have heard reckoned to the' v 

 number of two and twenty different fpecies. The 

 moft beautiful and the molt delicate eating are thofe 

 called Cankids Branchus^ or bough wild ducks, from 

 their perching on the boughs of trees. Their plu- 

 mage is extreamly variegated, and very brilliants- 

 Swans, turkey-cocks, water-hens, cranes, teale, 

 geefe, buftards, and other large water-fowl, (warm? 

 every where, except near our habitations, which 

 they never approach. We have cranes of two co- 

 lours •, fome quite white, and others of a light grey. 

 They all make excellent foop. Our woodpecker 

 is an animal of extreme beauty ; there are fome of 

 all manner of colours, and others quite black, or 

 ©f a dark brown all over the body, except the head 

 and neck, which are of a beautiful red. 



The thrulh of Canada is much the fame with' 

 that of France as to lhape, but lias only one half 

 his mufick ; the wren has robbed him of the other 

 half. The goldfinch has the head lefs beautiful than 

 that of France, and its plumage is a mixture ttf 

 8 black. 



