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BRITISH BIRDS. 
eye there is a pale ftreak ; the throat and belly 
are of a filvery white ; legs dark brown. 
This bird frequents thickets, and is feldom to be 
feen out of covert ; it fecretes itfelf in the thickefl: 
parts of the bulhes, from whence it may be heard, 
but not feen : It is truly a mocking bird, imitating 
the notes of various kinds, generally beginning 
with thofe of the Swallow, and ending with the full 
fong of the Blackbird. We have often watched 
with the utmoft attention whilft it was fmging de- 
lightfully in the midlt of a bufh clofe at hand, but 
have feldom been able to obtain a fight of it : We 
could never procure more than one fpecimen : — ■ 
Its appearance with us does not feem to be re- 
gular, as we have frequently been difappointed in 
not finding it in its ufual haunts. We fuppofe this 
to be the fame with the Fauvette of M. Buffon,* 
which he places at the head of a numerous family, 
confifting of ten diftin£t fpecies ; many of which 
vifit this ifland in the fpring, and leave it again in 
autumn. “ Thefe pretty warblers,” fays he, “ ar- 
rive when the trees put forth their leaves, and be- 
* We have adopted the name of Fauvette for want of a more 
appropriate term in our own language. We apprehend this to 
be the Flycatcher of Mr Pennant— i?r. ZooL vol, 2d, p. 264, 
iji ed . — and the Lejfer Pettichaps of Latham, which he fays is 
known in Yorkfhire by the name of the Beam-bird ; but he 
does not fpeak from his own knowledge of the bird. It cer- 
tainly is but little known, and has no common name in this 
country. 
