noife, then defcends with great velocity, making a bleating 
found not unlike an old goat, which is repeated alternately 
round the neft poffeiTed by the female, efpecially while fhe is 
fitting/* 
During fevere weather they will frequently refort to plan- 
tations of low ever-greens, and will devour the leaves of 
cabbage or coleworts, and alfo grafs. The provincial names 
are Snite, Mud-Sucker, and Heather-Bleater. 
• In our plate the engraver has mifpelt the fpecific name, 
which we did not difcover till our impreffion was worked off. 
