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room, fhe immediately difcovers, and throws. 
them out. Yet it is faid, that in the nef f 
this bird the cuckow frequently lays its eB) 
and that the attentively fofters its young. | 
_ The Petty Chaps is of a timid difpofition, flies 
away from birds as_fmall as: itfelf, and is very 
juftly afraid of the Butcher Birds, its fore 
~ midable enemy, [he moment the danger is 
‘paft, it feems entirely to forget ity and all its 
former gaiety returns. 4 
‘It generally fings perched among ttre moll 
tufted foliage of a tree; fometimes for a moment 
it fhews itfelf on the outfide of a bufh, andi ine 
flantly hides itfelf again amongft the leaves. 
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In the morning it bathes itfelf in the dew upon 
the leaves, or after flight fhowers in the fummier. 
__As they feed principally on infeets, they leave 
" ‘us j in autumn, though there are fome berries upon | 
vihich they will feed. | 
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Plumage, ah colour, white beneath, with white ciel ? 
Head brown with dufky ftreaks, tail brows; and circuit 
when fpread ; toes fulvous and yellowith. : 
Inhabits E urope, is frequent 1 in Rufia, ad Sie 
beria, among the willow pets ie near the 
rie, 6 : 
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