OF BIRDS. 
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It feeds on feeds, and infects; but feems a ten¬ 
der bird, being often found dead in fevere wintcis, 
in the hollows of trees. 
The CUBA FINCH. 
The plumage is of a purplifh cad, acrofs the breaft it has 
a purplifh chefnur colour’d band. 
Thefc birds inhabit the ifland of Cuba, and 
uniting in confiderable flocks, are very definitive 
to rice plantations: indeed they a r c common to 
both the continents; and found in tire Jh..ft as 
well as the Weft Indies. 
The COMMON S. P A R R O W. 
The wing and tail feathers arc dufky, the body is grev and 
black, the cheeks arc white; under each eye is a black fpot, 
and a band of white on the wings. The male is difim- 
guifbed by the black on his throat. 
The Common Sparrow is fo well known, that 
a particular defeription of his colours would be 
unneceflary; though in this fpecies there are 
fume varieties, the eft'edt perhaps of accident ; for 
flame have been found white, fame varied with 
brown, and black, fome black, and others 
yellow. 
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