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8 THEONATURAL HISTORY 

“when they do a great deal of damage in the vine- | 
yards, by eating the ripe grapes; they mee 
again at the approach of winter. Se 
TE REDBREASTED THRUSH. 
_ ‘The upper parts. a the Loilp olive brown, ‘the Romalh 
is reddifh, the eyelids are white, and it has a white {pot oa 
_ each fide between the beak and the eyes: the tail 1 is black, 
edged with olive brown. , 
Thisis a North Awieséan Wi, aka retires from 
-the warmer into the more northern parts to breed, 
~-Infome climates Red-breafted Thruthes build their 
~ pelts, lay, and hatch their eggs, in fourteen days: 
in colder fituations they require twenty-fix days. 
The nett is compofed of roots and mofs, and the 
hen lays five eggs: both male and. female fhare 
the care. of making the neft, and feeding the 
young ; whilf the female is fitting, the male fre- 
quently cheers her with his mufical voice, 
~Though they migrate to colder climates in the - 
 f{pring, this does not appear to arife from their being 
unable to fupport the heat; becaufe there. has 
been an inftance of a fingle bird of this fpecies re= 
maining all the fummer in Virginia, feeding on: 
the berries of a tree, which had been lately in- 
troduced into that country, a and of which j it feemed 
: very fond, | 
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