ass Ponisi a ari pues say ca ania es en a 
ftomachs are always white. 
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» They inhabit the mountainous parts.of Europe, 
are Common in the northern parts as far as Green 
Jand; they are found in the Highlands. of Scote 
lands im the mountains of Cumberland, and j in 
the Alps ; they feed on the buds of trees, on the 
fhoots of pines, dwart birch, heath, fruits, ber= 
ries, and liverwort. | | 
. They are feldom filent as they. a in die | 
wediiek and. when alarmed make a noife like a © 
loud laughing. 4 
Their claws are bectil bak flat, and very, fit 
feb digging. 
Againft winter they moult, and their new feax 
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; 4 downy feather 
fhoots out from the bafe of each of the others, 
which helps to keep them warm; and the white 
appearance of their feathers, fo much like the 
{now, prevents their being fo eafily ifcaennecy 
Eagles, Owls, and other birds of prey. : 
At the latter end of February they put on their 
fummer drefs, that is, they fhed thefe white and 
- double feathers, and their brown and orange fea 
thers come in their place. ‘The feathers on their 
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