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A DESCRIPTION OF 
rump inclining to blue ; the tail is black, but touched 
with blue at its exterior edges. This bird, and all the 
species related to it, live on insects, as well as on seeds. 
When kept in a cage, it is really amusing to see with what 
quickness the Titmouse darts at any fly or moth, which 
comes imprudently within his reach. If this kind of food 
be deficient, as generally happens in winter, he then feeds 
upon several kinds of seed, and particularly that of 
the sunflower, which he dexterously holds upright between 
his claws and strikes powerfully with his sharp little bill, 
till the black covering splits, and yields its white contents 
to the hammering bird. They build their nest with great 
ingenuity ; and the female lays seven or eight eggs. 
THE YELLOWH AMMER, OR YELLOW BUNTING. 
(Emberiza citrinella.) 
THIS bird is somewhat larger than the sparrow. Its head 
is of a greenish yellow, spotted with brown ; the throat 
and belly are yellow ; the breast and sides, under the 
wings, mingled with red; and the bird has a pretty note, 
not unlike that of the linnet. These birds build their 
nests on the ground, near some bush, where the female 
lays five or six eggs. The Yellowhammer is said to be 
sometimes seen perched on the finger of some poor man or 
woman in the streets of London, in a state of complete 
