BRITISH BIRDS. 
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the plant of that name was only propagated by the 
feed which paffed the digeftive organs of this bird, 
from whence arofe the proverb u Turdus malum Ji - 
hi cacat it likewife feeds on caterpillars and va- 
rious kinds of infe£ts, with which it alfo feeds its 
young. This bird is found in various parts of Eu- 
rope, and is faid to be migratory in fome places, 
but continues in England the whole year, and fre- 
quently has two broods. 
