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tion; the three exterior tail feathers are tipt with white; the legs 

 and feet flesh-colored. 



This species seems to have a peculiar dislike to the sea-coast^ 

 as in the most favorable situations, in other respects, within seve- 

 ral miles of the sea it is scarcely ever to be met with. Scarcity 

 of its particular kinds of favorite food in such places may proba- 

 bly be the reason ; as it is well known that many kinds of insects, 

 on the larvse of which it usually feeds, carefully avoid the neigh- 

 bourhood of the sea. 



