Yo THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘thefe birds difappear fora fhort time. In the fum- 
her they frequettt woods; and orchards in the wit 
ter. In Burgundy there ate fewer in winter thanin 
-fuimmher; they feem to arrive in numbers in Apfil, 
‘they Ay in final! focks, and perch in copfes, They 
‘Build in trees about ten ér twelve feet from the 
‘ground ; like the neft of ‘turtles, theirs are com- 
pofed of twigs of dry Wood, faftened with fill 
roots ; they lay five €gos, blue, {potted with 
brown: as their humbets dre not confiderable, it 
is probable that they bréed but once a year. They 
feed their young on infeéts, and chryfalis’s ; and 
if: any attempt ‘be made to rob their hati they 
défend them ‘with Great refolution with their 
beaks, which being ftrong enough to break cherry- 
ftones ; ‘enable them:to bite very-hard. | 
Befides frait they eat ‘many infects, but. veheh 
confined they conftantly refule flefh. ‘In theft 
natural ftate they feed on almoft all kind of grain, 
and on the kernels of fruit; on the feeds of 
firs, the maft of beech, on walnuts, and almonds. 
Their hearing ‘feems very imperfect, and they 
have very little note. They are not taken with 
a bird call. : 
‘When ‘they are confined, it is proper to put 
them in cages, feparate from other birds, for 
‘without appearing at all irritated, they are very 
ws apt 
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