
OF 8 4A Bs, ee, 
Ing és and ftill continue to feed — for feveral 
1 
Tn confinement, the character of this bird feems 
~ quite altered; he becomes dull and ftupid, inca. 
- pable of bcrind any thing; he is kept alive with 
Bae difficulty, and to no purpofe. 
_A Stone Chat that had been taken fhewed~ 
- Steat reflexion; the cage in which it was con- — 
| eee was placed in a garden amoneft fhrubs, in 
| boul day, and the door opened ; it dahealy flew 
: 
upon the outfide of its little prifon, and there re- 
| ask a: minute before it attempted a fecond 
i. flight, diftrufting as it were the appearance « of lie 
at 
a berty, 
ea 
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i 
_ to fulpe& the fowler’s intention. 
_ There is a bird in. Provence which lives very 
7 been miftaken ; but the Ant-eater feems to bea fo» 
1 tuins. In cold weather, he places himfelf on the 
| tops of chimnies for warmth ; he frequently lies at 
_ the opening of an ant bill, {topping it with his bo- 
- gaged i inhis plumage ; he then flies away to a bare 
_ hot, and fhaking his feathers, the ants fall out upon 
y et and become his prey. Itis moft pro- 
§ G2 —_ bable 

_— Intheir natural fate they fuffer you to approach — 
near, fying only toa little diftance, not feeming 
~ much upon ants, for which the Stone Chat has — 
itary bird, frequenting only decayed hoafes and 
q dy, fo that the ants who attempt to get out are en-_ 
