
food. 
OB BIR D § 63 
The fir {pecies isthe, WA XEN CHATTERER,- 
| The back part of the head is flightly crefted;, the fecon- 
dary, feathers in the wing are coyered at, the tips, with a 
fealing-wax-like fubftance. . 
"Thebirdsof this genus inhabit Europe, Afia, and 
North: America, It, is. difficult to, fay. what, parts 
of Kurape the. Chatterers principally frequent 
becaufe they, are occafionally, found: in, mots 
a avery. few.in. England. About Edinburgh, they. 
appear annually in the month of February;. they 
_ are numerous. in, Germany, and perhaps. in 
greater numbers. fill in, the northern, parts. of 
Kurepe, for they feem rather to pafs through, than 
to migrate. into. the fouthern. parts: they, have 
been feen. to. arrive. in. Italy in flocks, of. more 
than one. hundred, and-they. have pafied through 
Sweden. in.fuch numbers. as. almoft.to. intercept 
thelight. It is. not.eafy to determine. what,oc-_ 
cafions their Jeaying. their native country, which 
perhaps may. be. Fartary. 
Their migrations take place fometimes.once 
in three, and fometimes once in feven years, and 
may arife probably from an occalional fearcity of 
) They 
