1490 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
thew all thofe fymptoms of uneafinefs, whi ‘ch mie | 
; gratory birds generally feel at that feafon. a 
The Black Cap is found commonly in Italy and 
France, fometimes i in England, and as far north 
as Byedens : 
| Ti, RED 37 ART. 
: “The head and back are of a bluith grey; the cheeks al 
throat, black; the flomach and tail red, except the two 
middle-tail feathers, which are brown. | 
~ "The fong of the Red Start has neier tl | 
compafs or the variety of the Nightingale’ s, but 
it has an expreffion of tendernefs and melane 
choly, which is exquifitely pleafing ; for this 
_ reafon, and this only, it is called in Francey | | 
the Nightingale of the Wall, for it has neither 
the form, nor the habits of the N ighting sale, nor 
its plumage, ° J 
The Red Start arrives i the fpring, perching. | 
upon towers, upon the roofs of houles, and on 
chimnies, from, whence is heard his coring fong, 
| He always fecks the moft inaccefiible fituations; 4 
he is found too in the fhades of the gloomieft fo- 4 
refts ; he flies lightly, and when perched, haga — 
lite ery, which he re peats, moving his tail with 
 akind of f tremulous motion, not up and down, but 
from one fidé to the other, like a dog when it 
_ fawns, ph bird prefers mountainous countr ies, 
: The 

