S54 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
marfhy places ; their nefls are compofed of grafs, 
and fixed to the forks of branches. 
In the breeding feafon, the male rifes flraight 
in the air a little way, finging; he turns round, 
and fo alights again upon the branches with a 
great deal of fprightlinefs and gaiety. The Blue 
Throated Warbler fings in the night, and fome 
think the fong pleafing, by others it is little effeein- 
ed ; but it has been otferved in (everal fpecies of 
birds, that the fong of thofe of the fame fpecies 
differs at different fcafons of the year. 
It loves to bathe itfelf, and keeps very much 
near water ; it feeds on worms and inCetts, and 
runs very nimbly, flirting its tail. 
The fine colours of this bird lofe their luffre 
when he is in a ftatc of confinement. 
This fpecies is not very common ; it is found in 
the mountainous parts of Europe, in the Alps, 
the Pyrenean Mountains, and in Sweden. 
The BLUE RED-BREAST. 
Blue above, red beneath, the floinach white, the quill 
feathers black at the point. 
Its wings are very long, and its flight rapid; 
it is of a gentle difpofition, feeds on infccls, and 
jnakes its neft in the hole of a tree. 
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