THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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The GREY RED START. 
The beak and quill feathers afh colour, the ftomach and 
tail feathers ruil colour, the two outer feathers afli co¬ 
lour. 
The Grey Red Start is a migratory bird, it 
arrives in May, and immediately retires into the 
woods to pafs the fummer: it builds in little 
bufhes near the ground; the nefts are made 
with mofs on the outfide, and lined within with 
wool and feathers, refembling a globe, with an 
opening towards the eaft. According to Buffon 
the female lays five or fix eggs ; according to 
Pennant nine. 
pft the morning it comes out of the woods, 
urns there during the heat of the day, and in 
the evening appears again in the neighbouring 
fields, feeking for worms and flies; it retires 
to the woods at night to rood:. The Grey Red 
Start has no fong, only a little twittering note; 
in general he is very lllent; he often perches 
upon a Angle twig, which grows out beyond the 
root, flirting his tail like the Red Start. When 
fat, he is delicious food : his flight is very fnort, 
only from bufh to bufh. Thefe birds go away in 
Odtober; they are feen fome days before to fol¬ 
low one another along the hedges. 
Some 
