BLUEBIRD. 
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ti'PCs. Ripe persimmons is another of their 
1 L dishes, and many other fruits and seeds which 
I, found in their stomachs at that season, u'hich, 
jf'"'; botanist, I am iinahlc to jiarticnlarize. They 
*011 pestered with a species of tape worm, 
(ly '® of n hich 1 have taken from their intestines of an 
L ^ordinary size, and, in some eases, in {freat nnra- 
. Most other birds are also jilagned with these 
but the hlncbird seems more subject to them 
Of '^1 ‘*"y 1 know, except the woodcock. An account 
';Oe diffei'ont sjiecies of l ermin, many of which, I 
iJ* d not, are nondescripts, (hat infest t)ie jilumage and 
iuJ^^i-hies of our birds, would ot itsolt form an intcrest- 
fjl'’ publication ; but, as this belongs more properly to 
t^**'tonioIogist, I shall only, in the course of this work, 
Uotice of some of the most remarkable, 
ij ^Ue Usual spring and summer song of the bluebird 
''hi und oft-repeated warble, uttered 
ill I riuivering wings, and is extremely pleasing, 
tesi * und general character, he has great 
W 'i'!''^*uuce to the robin redbreast of Britain ; and, had 
j,i 'he hrown olive of that bird, instead of his own 
^'iii'^’ ®®uhl scarcely be distinguished from him. Like 
Hi h he i.s kiion ii to almost every child ; and shews as 
*’10 * ®®u(idence in man by associating nith him in 
ij, J'der, as the other by his familiarity in winter. He 
(If ®f a mild and peaceful disposition, seldom fighting- 
liy^l'larrelliiig u ith other birds. His society is courted 
lli.^.'he inhabitants of the couiitiy, and few farmers 
*ti|'’ '*• provide for him, in some suitable place, a 
Vf® 'i"i® summer-house, ready fitted and rent free, 
clip ^ he more than siifllciently rejiays them by the 
^’’hihiess of his song, and the multitude of injurious 
ill which he daily destroys. Towards fall, that is 
Wai 'c ^"uuth of October, his song changes to a single 
note, as he passes over the yellow many- 
laj V*'®d woods ; and its melaiicholv air recalls to our 
iivc**'* approaching decay of the face of nature. 
U after the trees are stript of their leaves, he still 
