BRITISH BIRDS. 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
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Rooks and other birds, fe arching for worms, 
fmall feeds, roots, See. ; it likewife feeds on ber- 
ries, caterpillars, and infedls, and is faid, in cafes 
of neceffity, to eat young frogs and even carrion. 
The female is deferibed by Aldrovandus as differ- 
ing very much from the male ; its bill is thicker, 
and its head, neck, breaft, and belly are of a cheft- 
nut colour, bordering on a greyilh afh. The 
young ones do not attain their brilliant colours 
till the fecond year. 
This bird is remarkable for making a chattering 
kind of noife, from whence it has obtained the 
name of Garrulus. 
