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the birch tree, they run. into fmall holes, and 
keep.clofe to the ground. 
They are efteemed delicate food, and fre~ 
quently taken in fpringes made of horfe-hair,. 
which are fet in fome place where the fnow 
18 removed, and chaff is ftrewed about. | 
Some fay that it has little or no fong, and 
others fay that its fong is delightful. 
Genus 68, STURNUS, 
fs 208 8 1. AUR. da 
The beak is j Netiiel, depreffed, a little aed ie ‘upper 
mandible very ftrait. : : 
The noftrils guarded above by a prominent rim. 
The tongue hard and cloven. © 
THE STARLING. 
Its beak is yellowifh, the. plumage black, sloffed with: 
changeable blue, purple, and copper eo od with white 
or pale yellow fpots. 
It inhabits both Brus, and Africa; for itis 
a bird of paflage, migrating from one country 
to another, and is found from Sweden, to the 
Cape of Good Hope. caihe 
The Starling breeds in hollow trees, losaseaes 
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