us THE NATURAL HISTORY | 
It Inhabits warm, and ftony places in Europes 
making its appearance when the cold winter 
nights are patt. : | 
This fpecies is found ftom the fultry climate of 
Bengal, to the dreary regions of Greenland ; itis 
migratory in the temperate and frigid Zones, 
In Greenland i it frequents rivulets, and feeds on 
worms among the graves ; for this reafon i it is ab- 
horred by the natives. In Sweden the farmers 
- confider it as the harbinger of {pring, and that it 
points out to them the time they wae with fabetfs 
fow their corn. : | 
Wheat Ears are very common in England; 
they come in the {pring from March to May ; the 
females arrive a fortnight before the males: They 
frequent commons, and warm downs, and the 
fides of hills, thofe efpecially that are fenced with j 
{tone walls, soe: upon the. little tufts of 
earth. 
In ploughed pupae they follow the furrows” 
to pick up worms, on which they feed ; when 
difturbed they do not rife high, but fkim wit a4 
fort, but rapid flight, near the furface of the : 
- ground;, and foon alight. In flying, the Wheat - 
Ear difcovers the white part of his tail, and the i 
white feathers at the end of his body. Heis often 
| | feen.in barren, and in fallow ground, flying from q 
{tone 
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