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8 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
arctic fox; the female lays five eggs, the male 
fings melodioufly near the nef. i 
When they colleé&t together in autumn, on the 
_fhores, in order to migrate, they are caught in 
numbers and driedy yby the magsanete, who take — 
| them i in hair {pringes. 
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The quill feathers are black; the three firft feathers in 
the tail are whitifh on their margin, the reft black, the i inner 
_ends of the outmoft Featiclg) are marked with a great {pot 
of white. 
-Bhis fpecies is migratory, and not found very 
- far to the north; their winter refidence is not 
very well known; they appear with the Swal-_ 
lows in fpring, and fing very pleafingly in the 
night. 
Their neft is conftruéted without much art, 
they lay four or five eggs, and breed twice in the 
{ummer. When they firft arrive, they are very 
lean. | By epicures they are efteemed a moft de=. 
licious food, In order to be fattened they are 
confined ina room which is lighted by lanthorns; 
it is fuppofed that this uniform light, keeps them 
quiet, and that they fatten the better ;. they are 
fed with oats, and millet, until they become one 
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