THE NATURAL HISTORY 
It Inhabits warm, and ftony places in Europe j 
making its appearance when the cold winter 
nights are paid. 
This fpecies is found from the fultry climate of 
Bengal, to the dreary regions of Greenland ; it is 
migratory in the temperate and frigid zones. 
In Greenland it frequents rivulets, and feeds on 
worms among the graves ; for this reafon it is ab¬ 
horred by the natives. In Sweden the farmers 
confider it as the harbinger of fpring, and that it 
points out to them the time they may with fafety 
fow their corn. 
Wheat Ears are very common in England ; 
they come in the fpring from March to May ; the 
females arrive a fortnight before the males: They 
frequent commons, and warm downs, and the 
fides of hills, thofe efpecially that are fenced with 
-ftone walls, perching upon the little tufts of 
earth. 
In ploughed grounds they follow the furrows 
to pick up worms, on which they feed ; when 
difturbed they do not rife high, but fkim with a 
Ihort, but rapid flight, near the furface of the 
ground ; and foon alight. In flying, the Wheat 
Ear difeovers the white part of his tail, and the 
white feathers at the end of his body. He is often 
feen in barren, and in fallow ground, flying from 
ftone 
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