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The birds of this Genus saab ti in great num 
bers the warmer clinfates of America. There 
is a great refemblance i in their habits, and charace 
_ ter, to. the common Sparrows ; like them they 
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feed upon grain, fly low, and take fhort, and in- 
terrupted flights; and are of a fociable difpofition, 
approaching the habitations of men; but they 
excel them in the beauty of their plumage. 
_. They frequent only dry fituations, and lay but — , 
two, or at moft three eggs at a time; but as they _ 
live in fo warm .a climate, they breed in every 
~ feafon of the year ; and thus compenfate for the 
fmall number which they produce at a time, 
‘and this is indeed the cafe with many birds, that 
Inhabit the. torrid Zone. 
: Tas REDB REASTED TANAGER, 
ts priaac is moftly black, the forehead, throat and 
treat red, 
~ Thefe birds inhabit Cayenne, Guiana, Mexico, 
and other parts of America feed on fruits, ap= 
proach the habitations of we, and are pape A | 
feen in pairs. 
Their neft is ofa cylindrical form, compofed of 
) leaves, and dried fibres; and fufpended from the 
branch 
