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; This bird is ieee called the willow Night- , 
1 gle. becaufe it fings in the warm and clear 
_ hights in the fpring ; it makes its neft among the » 
-teeds, in bufhes samonaft marfhes, orin the thickets 
that oyer-hang the water. The neft is -compofed 
of ftraw, dry grafs, and lined with horfe-hair, 
and conftruGted with great ingenuity : ‘The female 
days five eggs, of a dingy hs, fpotted sb 
fon, oe : 
The little ones, before they are feathered, sal 
hrow themfelves out. of the neft if any body 
touches, or even comes very near them, though 
the neft be built immediately over the water. 
This bird darts from among the reeds to pur- 
“fue the dragon fly, on which it feeds, and it drives 
ay all other little birds from its immediate 
neighbourhood, 
“ Itis an entertaining mock birdy it fits Sateetdlag 
‘in willows, or reeds, and imitates in a plealing, — 
ant furrying manner, the Swallow, crest 
Wines ee ee mg 
‘Tue WHITE THROAT. 
ime afh colour above, white beneath, the outer oe 
feather half white all the length, the fecond white at the 
3 tip, ok 
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