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* OF BIRDS. 
fnis beautiful bird exhales a natural perfume, 
which it contrails among the juniper trees, and 
ether aromatic flirubs, that grow in the folitudq6 
which it frequents. It delights in retirement; 
for efts of pines, and thickets of juniper, are the 
retreats it loves; withdrawn from other birds, 
and far from the haunts of men, it enjoys in fecu- 
rity that liberty, which feems fo eflential to its 
happinefs ! For, it it be once taken, which from 
its natural fhynefs, and diftruft, is feldom the 
cafe, it fulienly refufes food ; and whatever arts 
may be employed to foothe confinement, it refo- 
luteiy refufes life, when deprived of liberty. 
It inhabits Europe, and is found in feveral parts 
of France, particularly in Normandy, and in other 
latitudes between France and Sweden. It is as 
fruitful as other birds of the fame genus. 
The GREAT TITMOUSE. 
The bill, the head, and throat, are black; the cheeks 
are white ; the back and wings, are of an olive green ; be¬ 
neath greenifh; but an irregular flripe of black divides the 
whole of the ftomac'h into two parts; there is a bar of 
white on each wing; and the legs are of a lead colour. * 
It inhabits Europe, is" very frequent in Eng- 
lan, and is found in many latitudes, between Swe¬ 
den, and the Cape of Good Hope, in Africa. 
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