OF BIRDS. 
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The NIGHTINGALE, 
Its plumage is of a reddiOi a(h colour, with bands of nfh 
colour on the legs. It inhabits thofc parts of Europe that 
are (haded with woods, finging in the evenings of the fpring, 
with amazing powers, for fo fmall a body; and falling forac- 
times a victim to emulation, in fong. 
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TheNightingale is a bird not very generallydif- 
perfed ; there are none in Africa, and in feveral 
parts of Europe, and even of England, they never 
appear. Some writers afTcrt, that there are none 
in Devonfhire, or Cormval, or to the north of 
the Trent, except near Doncaftcr in Yorkshire, 
nor in fome parts of Holland, Ireland, Scotland, 
or the northern parts of Wales; though they 
vifit Sweden. 
In England, France, Italy, Germany, and 
Greece, they are only birds of pafiage ; it is fup. 
pofed they retire into Afia, as they are found there 
in Pcrfia, China, and even in Japan, where they 
are much efteemed for their finging, and fold for 
a confiderable price. 
Indeed they are every where migratory birds ; 
and this difpofition feems fo implanted in them, 
that thofe who are confined m cages, are very 
much agitated, and reftlefs, at the ufual periods 
of their migrations. This inftinft feems to aft 
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