
sO fF < ‘BUR Ds. ( a. a 
Their food i is chiefly worms and infos’ they 
- . “feed alfo upon the feeds of {aflafras, or tupelo and 
ye pokeberries, and of thefe laft. ‘they are fo fond, 
‘that it is faid their flefh, at the end of the year, 
is in confequence tinged of a purplifh colour. 
‘The fong of thefe birds is very melodious in their 
__wild ftate, but they will not bear confinement in 
_# Cage; yet they are not fhy or diftruftful, for 
| they are frequently feen hopping on the ground 
-Clofe to houtes, , 
oe MIMIC THRUSH, : 
Uls of a dufky afh-colour. above, beneath of a light athe 
a ‘ealbur the quill sees black, | on their lower parts tip’d 
| mth white, 
es 
Hitin habits Virginia, aa oa and srideed 
 fome parts of South America: it fings moft mes 
. - lodioufly as it flies from rub to fhrub, and imi- 
oe tates the cry of almoft every animal it hears ; : 
the European Nightingale does not exceed its 
| fone, and like that it fings the greateft. part 
|. ef the: night. It frequents moift woods, and 
g bul ds both in buthes and trees ; but it is fo thy, 
that like the Redftart with us, it will forfake its 
__ heft if much obferved, or if the eges be touched ; 
the young, when taken, are reared with oreat 
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