
OF BIRDS an 
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“wilt the ae indeed, | he fhares that care with 
y her, and is continually bringing | her fies, worms, | 
and ants. : 
The neft is Jy ile near ie bacon ina buth: 
. “careflly concealed, and contains four or five 
| €ges, of a greenifh- colour, with lig cht brown 
we It has been found in a fue fir, com- 

poled of goofe grafs, mofs, and wool, lined with 
oo hair. : | 
bs The young ones grow very fait, and when’ 
4 iy are flightly fledged, they leap out of the neft, 
ce oa abandon it, if any perfons approach, ae 
oy his bird arrives in the {pring, and if after its 
evil occafional frofts fhould make the infects 
difeppear, it has. fill a refource i in fevetal. kinds. 
of berries. . 







| The Black Cap may be tamed, nd’ in PF 
: ‘ment few birds can be more interefting; it fhews: — 
the moft engaging affection for its matter 5 at his: 
approach it fies againft the wires of the cage ta: _ 
( “Meet him, and by its gentle notes, and the flute 
a tering of its WINgss. exprelles gratitude and ate 
I Pp icent. | 
The young birds who are brought up in con 
tah if they have opportunities of hearing: 
the Nightingale, acquire its fong 3; but in Sep- | 
| Jone, which is the time of their migration, they 
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