OF BIRDS. 
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tyoods his tender and harmonious fong ; he feems 
entirely engroffed with his mate, and differs no 
birds of his own fpecies to live very near. There 
is a common proverb, that two Red-breads are 
never found in one bufh. 
Red-breads feek the {hade, and prefer m«iff 
jltuations: in the fpring they feed on worms 
and infefls, which they take with great ad- 
drcfs; they flutter like a butterfly about a leaf, 
on which they perceive a fly j on the ground 
they fpring forward with little hops, and dart on 
their prey, flapping their wings. In the autumn 
they eat berries and fruits. 
There is no bird that frngs more early : he is 
awake the firft in the woods, and begins his 
fong by the dawn of day, and he is the lad that 
we hear, or fee flutter about in the evening;' be- 
iides, his fong continues the greateft part of the 
winter and the fpring. 
No bird is fo eafdy taken by call-birds or bv 
traps; it is fcarcely poflible to make any noife 
which fhall not awaken the curiofity, and engage 
the attention of all the Red-breads that are near ; 
and if any bird-lime twigs be placed, they fly 
upon them ; fhould any one eftedb hisefcape from 
that fhare, he makes a little noife, which occa- 
lions 
