THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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a little to the temlernefs with which it is treated 
by the playful fchool-boy; and the laft kind 
offices which they are reprefented in that fimple 
fong to have performed to the little innocents 
who died in the wood, in covering their bodies 
with leaves, naturally enough tends to excite in 
young and feeling mirds, adbs of forbearance, 
and fentiments of affection. 
The WREN. 
Tlie plumage is grey, the wings waved with black, and 
afh colour. 
1 he bill is very flender, pointed, and fcarccly bowed > 
the wing feathers on their outer webs arc eroded with many 
little duflty bars; the.firfl, fccond, and third arc fpolted 
with white between the bars. 
The tail is rounded and eroded with dufity, blackifh lines. 
The Wren is a fpt ightly little bird, frequent¬ 
ing villages, and the neighbourhood of towns . . 
the approach of winter, and chanting, cfpccially 
towards the evening, with a clear voice, his 
pleaffng, animated fong. 
He Ibmetimcs fhews himfelffor a moment upon 
a heap of dry wood, the next' inftant enters jr, 
and dif. ppcars. For a moment he is feen upon the 
edge of the thatch, but quickly conceals himfclf 
under 
