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SUMMER RED-BIRD. 
man Charlevoix, who gravely informs us, that the Owls of 
Canada lay up a store of live mice for winter, the legs of which 
they first break, to prevent them from running away, and then 
feed them carefully, and fatten them, till wanted for use. * 
Its manners, though neither its bill nor tongue, partake very 
much of those of the Flycatcher; for I have frequently observ- 
ed both male and female, a little before sunset, in parts of the 
forest clear of underwood, darting after winged insects, and 
continuing thus engaged till it was almost dusk. 
* Travels in Canada, vol. I, p. 239. Lond. 1761, 8yo 
