O F B I R D S. iG 5 
grafs ; the neft in its conftruftion, and the mate¬ 
rials employed, refembles that of the common 
Wren, and probably this form, as it feems pe¬ 
culiar to our fmalleft birds, has been fuggefted by 
the wife Author of Nature, and of Inftindt, be- 
caufe in thefe cold climates, their warmth might 
be infuQicient for the purpofe of incubation. 
This little bird is much attached to its neft, and 
in this refpetft widely differs from the common 
Wren. A gentleman having found a neft be¬ 
longing to this little bird, by taking away the 
esigs as they were laid, occafioned her to pro¬ 
duce thirty in fucceffion; he then took pity 
upon her, and left a fufficient number for her to 
fit upon. In autumn it quits the woods, and 
frequents orchards and gardens. Its fong conti¬ 
nues all the fpring and fummer, it is full, fweet, 
pleafing, and continued. 
In France, they arrive in the month of April, 
in little companies of 14. or 15, but they foon fe- 
parate, and pair. If any very fevere cold fliould 
happen after their arrival, it is fatal to them, 
m and they are found dead upon the ground. 
G.ENUS 77. PI PR A. 
The beak is (horter than the head, towards the bafe 
flightly three-fided, llrong, hard, a little incurvated, or 
.bowed, ' 
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