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NIGHTINGALE. 
Description and Character. 
T H r E Tfr sale is the principal of a11 the 
t r- Lngluh lin gmg'birds, and is about the 
bignefs of a Gold -Finch, but has a long body ; 
“ U ' eighs about an ° l:nce ? and is in length, from 
t-e tip or the bill to the end of the tail, feven 
inches, but its breadth, when the wings are ex- 
tended, is ten inches and a half; the bill re- 
fe rubles that of a Thrufih, or Black-Bird, but 
there is no great variety of colours on the body, 
nor is this bird remarkable for its beauty; the 
upper parts are of a faint tuwney colour, with 
a greeni/h cad, but the tail is more deep ; the 
belly is all over white, and the feathers on the 
bi^UiL ana tiiioat, as well as tinder the wings, 
are darker, in Ned with green ; the bill is blackith, 
and the feet of a fiefh colour, but the iniide of 
the mouth is yellow. It breeds in the month 
of 'day, and lays four or five eggs, and it chief- 
ly lings in the night time, but not dole to the 
no fit, for fear of difeovering it. It haunts /ha dy 
places, quick-fet hedges, bufibes, and finall 
groves. Tnerc are no particular marks to cliitin- 
guifh the cock from the hen, only the colours 
