ja TIIE NATURAL HISTORY 
of a gun, for upon any perfon’s approaching 
within gun fhot, it immediately flies away, I 
.alighting again upon a ftonc, fo that it can fee I 
all around. 
The female builds her neft in the top of a ca-, 
vern, or the hole of a rock, difficult of accels,andj 
lays three or four eggs. 
'J he neft is artfully concealed, and when after I 
great toil, and fome danger, you have found it, the 
old birds defend it with great refolution, ftriking 1 
at the eyes of thofe who attempt to invade it. 
The young ones muft be taken before they can! 
fly, for they are fo artful, and fo cautious, that! 
they cannot be enfnared in any traps. 
Though their-natural food be worms, and in -1 
f e £ts, when brought up in a cage they will live I 
upon the fame food that is given to young Night¬ 
ingales. 
Their fong is very melodious, and they eaftlyl 
learn the notes of other birds, and even tunes. I 
They generally fing at day break, and at fun-fet;| 
and if a candle be brought to their cage in the night,! 
they will begin their fong. In the day time they! 
often feem to be pra&ifmg their notes in a lower! 
key. 
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