OF BIRDS. H* 
whilft file fits; indeed, he (hares that care with 
her, and is continually bringing her flies, worms, 
and ants. 
The neft is built near the ground, in a bufh 
carefully concealed, and contains four or five 
e SS s > a gtccoifi 1 colour, with light brown 
(pots. It has been found in a fprucc fir, com- 
pofed of goofe graft, mefs, and wool, lined with 
hurfe baiil 
The young ones grow very fuft, and when 
they are (lightly fledged, they leap out of the neft, 
and abandon it, if any perfons approach. 
This bird arrives in the fpring, and if after its 
arrival occafional frofts fhould make the infedU 
difappear, it has ftill a refource in feveral kinds 
of berries. ' 
The Black Cap may be tamed, and in confine¬ 
ment few birds can be more interefting; it (hews 
the moft engaging afFedtion for its mafter; at his 
approach it flies againft the wires of the cage to 
meet him, and by its gentle notes, aryl the flut¬ 
tering of its wings, exprefies gratitude and at¬ 
tachment. 
The young birds who are brought up in con¬ 
finement, if they have opportunities of hearing 
the Nightingale, acquire its fong ; but in Sep¬ 
tember, which is the time of their migration^ they 
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