THE NATURAL HISTORY 
hopping from ffone to flone; approaching fami¬ 
liarly the women who may be employed there in 
waffling, fporting around them, and picking up 
the crumbs which they may let fall. 
I hey make their nefts upon the ground, under 
roots j or more frequently by the water fide, near 
piles, that have been driven down to keep up the 
banks. 
The neft is compofed of dry grafs, fmall roots- 
intermixed with mofs, negligently made, and lined 
either with feathers, or horfe-hair. The female 
la^'s four or five white eggs, fpottcd with brown ^ 
and has feldom mere than one brood in a year. 
Upon the approach of danger, both male and fe¬ 
male flutter before the enemy, as though they in¬ 
tended to miflead ; but if their young fhould be 
taken, they follow the fpoiler, flying above his 
head, in circles, and calling to their young in 
the mod melancholy tones. 
When their young are hatched, they attend 
them with the greateft care. 
1 hey keep the nefl: perfectly neat, removing 
every thing that would be dirty, and difagreeable ;■ 
a gentleman placed fome little pieces of white 
paper near their nefts, which they carried away 
to a diftance, as though it were difpleafinz to 
them. 
When. 
