or 3 I R D s. 
t-3 
When in a cage fhey bathe themfelves after 
they haye fang ; they have been obferved to do 
this immediately as candles were lighted. It may 
be well to mention another eftedt ot light upon 
them ; a Nightingale wlio lung very well having 
cfcaped from his cage, inltantly flew into the 
fire, and was burnt. 
Nightingales, at icaft the-males, have a habit 
of railing, and linking their bodies alternately, 
ballancing themfelves on their perches, and both 
males and females raiic and let-fall therr tails. 
Nightingales conceal themfelves in t a thickcft 
bulhes, they frequent hedges, and low coppices, 
they feed on aquatic and other fnfedls, 0:1 worm 1 , 
on the eggs or larva of ants, feme fruits and 
berries. They are not fufpicious, but fo much 
the contrary, that they are taken in a variety 
of ways: they may be attracted by the fong 
of birds, by a fine voice, and even by dif- 
agreeable noifes, for they feem foolifhly inquiu- 
tive ; they wonder at every thing that is new, at 1 
arc often the dupes of their curiofity ; tnev aic 
taken with birdlime, with traps, fnaiesol vaii >us 
kinds, and fpringes. Sometimes they abound in 
particular places. Once in a dry feafon, in the 
neighbourhood of the Forcft of Ardennes, which 
is in the Netherlands, the (hepherd’s boys have 
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