OF BIRD S.- ot 


‘ i fouthern countries they artive in Hlotks, 
"intemperate climates they are difperfed in ‘the 
, woods ; their nefts are fo artfully concealed, that 
x is very difficult to find. ‘them ; they perch high 
in ‘trees, and w arble very prettily. The plumage 
is not beautiful, but they are a moft delicate food, 
i and almoft equal to ‘the “Ortolan, They fly - 
‘ i by jerks 5 ; they walk, but do not hop, and run 
along the ground in France among the vines, 
They leave France about Aveuft, migrating in 
little companies of ‘five or fix. They are caught 
with noofes, by nets, and by means of a looking- 
glafs. 
_ They are taken in great numbers in Preveriée, 
‘nd the iflands in the Mediterranean. When 
Cyprus belonged to ‘the Venetians, thefe birds 
were an article of comimerce ; 1200 jars filled 
with them, preferved with vinegar, and aromatic | 
herbs, have been annually fent to Venice, and 
: nothing can be more delicate when ey ‘are 
fattened upon grapes and figs. : 
Po fer WHEAT EAR, : 
Ae The back grey, tinged red; the forehead white ; af black 
d band from the bifl to the hind part of the head; the ex- 
7 treme of the body, and upper part of the tail white, 2 
é “til feathers black at the tips. 









| The female bys not the black band near- the 
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