BRITISH BIRDS. 22 i 
For fpecimens of all the birds of this kind, as well 
as many others, we are indebted to Lieut. H. F. 
Gibfon, of the 4th dragoons, whofe kind attention 
to our work merits our warmelt acknowledge- 
ment. — This bird is frequent on the tops of trees* 
from whence it often rifes linging ; its note is ra- 
ther low, but foft, and fweetly varied. It arrives 
in this country early in the fpring, and departs in 
autumn ; it makes its neft in holes, at the roots of 
trees, or in dry banks ; it is arched fomewhat like 
that of the Wren, and is made chiefly of mofs, lin- 
ed with wool and hair ; the female lays from five 
to feven eggs, of a dirty white, marked with red* 
difli fpots. 
