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established character of his namesake 
l’retenH''+*^’ ^ association of ideas, I will not 
r ‘ possesses a g^ood deal of his 
his ”* manners; and almost always seeks shelter 
the *'* summer, and subsistence for himself 
“tan ®''^tremes of winter, near the habitations of 
the 
inhabits the whole of North America, from 
‘^eortri ** , Nootha Sound, and as far south as 
“ 'Urn ■’ tl'cy rarely breed on this side the 
Wins farther south than Virginia. Mr Forster 
'^Hys H - e--“- * 
®Pp4r lieil'nning of May they make their 
*t Spv *'‘® settlements of Hudson’s Bar, 
"^*^1 at '^’*''** ’* very remarkable, if correct, 
tepa’ j moose Fort, they build, lay, and hatch, in fonr- 
*nore'*'*t* •' Bnt that at the former place, four degrees 
l^kii ll’o?' nte said to take twenty-six days. 
Pie",'c ''on*' Isii, 399. They are also common in 
I'he tindland, quitting these northern parts in October, 
"^'‘ite ilnriug the first season, are spotted with 
'^1 fesm "^ 1 , l”’o“’*t, .and, at that time, have a good deal 
hjp j iinlance to the fieldfare of Europe. 
Co,!.®''™® informs us, that the red-breasted thrushes 
Hudson’s Bay, the red birds; 
7 othe’ blackbirds, on account of their note ; and 
» American fieldfares, —that they make 
May I'l'onrance at Churchill idver about the middle of 
Sell)'™ migrate to the south early in the fall. They 
the'*^? seen there but in jiairs ; .and are i 
Seyg^ jinsl'. except by the Indian boys.* 
'fksh'’" 
thpf*^? '‘**^®i* there but in jiairs ; .and are never killed 
'eve'^ 1 ®-xcept by the Indian boys.* 
**’*'nsh . ■'‘"Plnn's Im^e asserted, that the red-breasted 
!',®''er firnok the confinement of the cage, and 
^*■'1. tfie mocking 
khipij^i 7"““* polj/fflottus,) I know of no native bird 
tu*'l‘neni '^‘'minently domesticated, agrees better with 
'• I'obi *^**‘‘* agreeably than 
fillip. They generally suffer severely in moulting 
’ yet often live to a considerable age. A lady, who 
’^l/ to the Northern Ocean, p. 418 , quarto. Loud. 1795 . 
