yo COckR BOER Diss gg 
noife like a drum, or diftant thunder, and may 
be heard half a mile off, ie 
Tn ‘this ‘manner. -thele: birds’ amufe cheislalves : 
about nine in ae morning, and ee in “the 
afternoon. H 
“They feed chiely on berries, si their lefty i is 
very delicate eating. They breed once a year, 
_ and lay twelve or fourteen eggs, in a neft made 
of leaves, either at the root of a tree, or clofe by 
a tree that is fallen. . The young, when they are. 
but a few days old, hide themfelves fo artfully, 
among the leaves, that they cannot eafily be 
eine *“'Phey do not feparate until the follow- 
a ing fpring ; their food is ants and fmall worms.” 

“Though this bird hatches fo many young, and 
fits twice a year, yet they are prevented from in- 
‘creafing too faft by Hawks, and other birds of 
prey, which deitroy many ot f them. a ied 
The female bird, in order to divert the atfen-. 
tion of thofe who come near its neft, will Mutter 
: before them, as though lame, until fhe has drawh 
them to a diftance. 
“This fpecies is found in Canada, and -fevera 
pars of North America. 
The ath eae or Shoulder Knot Grous, 
has feather’d legs. 3 
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