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I heir food is chiefly worms and infers ; they 
feed alfo upon the feeds of fafiafras, or tupclo and 
pokeberries, and of thefe laft they are fo fond, 
tliat it is faid their flefli, at the end of the year, 
is in confequencc tinged of a purplifli colour. 
I he fongof thefe birds is very melodious in their 
t\ild ‘(ate, but they will riot bear confinement in 
a cage; yet they are not fhy or diftrurtful, for 
they are frequently feen hopping on the ground 
cJofe to houfes. 
The MIMIC THRUSH, 
I? of a dullty afh colour above, beneath of a light afh- 
colour; the quill feathers black, on their lower parts tip’d 
with white. 
It inhabits Virginia, and Carolina, and indeed 
fune parts of South America : it fings mod me- 
; lodioufly as it flies from fhrub to fbrub, and imi¬ 
tates the cry of almofl: every animal it hears; 
the Europe ad Nightingale docs not exceed its 
long, and like th2t it ftngs the greateft part 
of tne night. It frequents moift woods, and 
bu,ids both tn bufhes and trees ; but it is fo fhy, 
taut hkc the Rcdilart with u«, it will forfake its 
| neft if much obferyed, or if the eggs be touched; 
the young, when taken, arc reared with nat 
difficulty. 
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