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| OF BPR DO'S 65 
They inhabit the mountainous parts of Europe, 
“ge common in the northern parts as far as Greene 
Jand; they are found in the Highlands: of Scot- 
land, in the mountains of erlan and in 
the Alps; they feed on the buds $, on:the 
froots of pines, dwasf birch, heath, fruits, ber- 
ries, and liverwort. 
They are feldom fitent as they walk in the 
woods, and when alarmed make a noife like a 
loud laughing. ; 
Theit ‘claws are broad and flat, and very fic 
for digging. e vive 
» Againtt winter they moult, and their new feas 
thers are white; by the kind provifion of that 
good Being, who extends his care over all his 
Works, every feather, except thofe of the wings 
and of the tail, become double ; a downy feather — 
fhoots out from the bafé of each of the others; 
Which helps to keep them warm; and the white 
appearance of their feathers, fo much like the 
fnow, prevents their being fo eafily difcovered by 
Eagles, Owls, and other birds of prey. > 
At the latter end of February they put on their 
fommer drefs, that is, they thed thefe white and — 
double feathers, and their brown and orange fer 
thers come in their place. The feathers on their 
ftomachs are always white. 
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