OF BIRDS. 
6.1 
The fir(l fpccies is the \V AXEN CHATTERER. 
Tiie back part of the head is (lightly creflcd ; the fccon- 
dary feathers in. the wing are covered at the tips, with a 
fealing-wax-like fubflance. 
The birds of this genus inhabit Europe, Afla, and 
North America. It is difficult to fay what parts 
of Europe the Chatterers principally frequent 
becaufe they are occafionally found in moff ; 
a very few in England. About Edinburgh they 
appear annually in the month of February; they 
are numerous in Germany, and perhaps in 
greater numbers {fill in the northern parts of 
Europe, for they fectn rather to pafs through, than 
to migrate into the fouthern parts: they have 
been feen to arrive in Italy in flocks of more 
than one hundred, and they have palled through 
Sweden in fuch numbers as almoll to intercept 
the light. It is not eafy to determine what oc- 
cafions their leaving their native country, which 
perhaps may be Tartary. 
Their migrations take place fometimes once 
in three, and fometimes once in feven years, and 
may arife probably from an occafional fcarcity of 
food. 
They 
