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The hen is a beautiful bird likewife ; but 
partakes more of the colour of the Nightin- 
gale, with a red tail, fomething fainter than 
the cock’s. 
The cock is known at all times from the hen, 
by his black head ; this mark being peculiar to 
the male only. 
‘Time and Manner of Budding their Bhef , 
These birds breed in May, and have young- 
ones fit to be taken about the middle of that 
month. They commonly build their neft in 
holes of trees, or under houfe eaves, and make 
their neft with all forts of things, fuch as dry 
grafs, final! roots of herbs, leaves, liorfc-hair, 
wool, and fuch as the place affords them. Their 
eggs are like thefe of the Hedge-Sparrow’s, but 
of a paler blue, and not' fo big.- 
With regard to their neft, they are the fliyeft 
of ail birds ; for, if they perceive you to mind- 
thern when they are building, they will forfake 
their neft; and, if you touch any of their 
e ggs, they never come to the neft any more ; 
for you can fcarce go to it but the hen will im- 
mediately fpy you ; and if fhe fhould chance to 
have young ones, fhe will either ftarve, or throw 
them out of the neft, and break their necks, as 
lias been often found by experience. 
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