BRITISH BIRDS. 
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tinder* parts are of a bright yellow, dallied with a 
few dark lpots on the brealt and belly ; over each 
eye there is a pale yellow llreak, and beneath a 
dulky line, curving upwards towards the hind part 
of the head ; wing coverts edged with pale yellow ° 9 
quills dulky ; tail black, except the outer feathers, 
which are white ; the legs are black ; hind claws 
very long. 
Buffon obferves that this bird is feen very early 
in the fpring, in the meadows and fields, among!! 
the green corn, where it frequently neftles ; it haunts 
the fides of brooks and fprings which never freeze 
with us during winter. The female lays five eggs, 
of a pale lead colour, with dulky lpots irregularly 
difppfed. 
