VIRGINIA NIGHTINGALE, 
CALI.EB THE 
RED-BIRD, or RED-GROSBEAK. 
rnp RE Virginia Nightingale in bignefs near* 
1 ly refembles the Song-Thruih ; the bill 
is of a paleifh red or dulky colour, encompaf- 
fed with a border of black feathers extended 
below the chin; the head pretty large, upon 
which there grows a large pyramidical tuft, or 
towering creft, of a bright lcarlet, with which 
colour the neck, bread;, and belly are adorned % 
the back, and tips or points of the wings and 
tail, are more faint, and rather of a pale browniih 
colour. 
This bird has many ffcrange gefticuiations 
when it views its image in a gkfs, by railing 
and lowering its creft, fhaking i’s wings, and 
fetting up its tail after the manner of the kea- 
cock, making a hilling nolle, and itriking at the 
glals with its bill. 
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