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REED-SPARROW. 
Defer ipiion and CharaEter . 
nPIIIS bird in bignefs is equal to the Chai> 
A finch : the cock has a black head and 
throat : a ring of white encompafTes the neck : 
his bread and belly are white, fpotted with 
reddifh brown fpots : the back of a dufky brown, 
with black fpots : the pinion of his wing is of 
a reddifh colour ; the reft of the wing and the 
tail are of a dark brown ; the tail is upwards of 
two inches long : the hen, as in moft birds, is 
not fo fair coloured: the ring about her neck 
is darker, and fcarce appearing, and her head is 
-not black like the cock’s. 
They frequent the reeds by the river Tides, 
where they breed, hanging their nefts between 
the reeds; they are chearful, merry birds, and 
Tng finely, efpecially in the night. When we 
walk in fummer time by the fides of the river, 
they generally afford an agreeable harmony, 
ihey are not kept very common in cages, 
therefore it is not neceftary to dwell any longer 
upon this bird. Her eggs in colour are like the 
Hedge-Sparrow’s. 
