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which frequent out-houfes and gardens, and eat fpiders, fmall 
worms, crumbs, &c. The Pied, the Yellow, and the Grey 
Wagtail, which frequent the heads of fprings, where the 
waters feldom freeze, and feed on the aurelise of infe&s u- 
fually depofited there : Befides thefe, the Whinchat, the 
Stonechatter, and the Golden-crefted Wren, are feen with us 
during the winter ; the latter, though the lead; of all the Bri- 
tifh birds, is very hardy, and can endure the utmoft feverity of 
our winters. The White rump, though not common, fometimes 
Hays the winter with us. — Of the winter birds of palfage, the 
following are the principal, viz. 
1 The Redwing or Wind Thrufh. 
2 The Fieldfare. — [Both thefe arrive in great numbers about 
Michaelmas, and depart about the end of February, or begin- 
ning of March.] 
3 The Hooded or Sea Crow vifits us in the beginning of 
winter, and departs with the Woodcock. 
4 The Woodcock appears about Michaelmas, and leaves us 
about the beginning of March. 
5 Snipes are confidered by Mr White as birds of paflage, 
though he acknowledges that they frequently breed with us. 
Mr Pennant remarks, that their young are fo frequently found 
in Britain, that it may be doubted whether they ever entirely 
leave this ifland. 
6 The Judcock or Jack Snipe. 
7 The Wood Pigeon : Of the precife time of its arrival we 
are not quite certain, but fuppofe it may be fome time in April, 
as we have feen them in the north at that time. 
8 The Wild Swan frequents the coafts of this ifland in large 
flocks, but is not fuppofed to breed with us : It has been chiefly 
met with in the northern parts, and is faid to arrive at Lingey, 
one of the Hebrides, in October, and remains there till March, 
when it retires more northward to breed. 
9 The Wild Goofe pafles fouthward in 0 £lober, and re- 
turns northward in April. 
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