- Notwithftanding the haunt$ of this fpecies ^re ufua% 

 ponfined to the neighbourhood of large trees, we have founcj 

 It under fuch circumftances as to be induced to believe it fomcr 

 times breeds on extenfive commons among furze ; ^ye fliot 

 one which proved a female, from off a little clump of furze^ 

 >vhich had nearly loft all the breaft feathers through incubating; 

 almoft immediately after we fprung the male, who continued 

 to fly round us, and fcreamed for a great length of time whil<? 

 we were fearching after the neft, which we were not fo for- 

 tunate as to find, but from the continued anxiety difplayed bj 

 |;he male we have no doubt was near the f|)ot. 



Few birds are more likely to efcape general notice than th^ 

 prefent, as when at reft it is hardly to be difcerned from the 

 tree whereon it is fixed, by reafon of its colours approxima>r 

 ting fo nearly with the furrpunding objects. 



It ufually precedes the cuckoo a week or teii days, and i? 

 Icnown (from this circumftance) in parts by the name of 

 puckoo's mate, befides which it is called Snake-Bird, Long- 



e, Emmet-Hunter, and Hilling-Bird. 



