ge THE NATURAL HISTORY 

“Pus GREY RED START. : 
> The beak and quill feathers afh colour, the flomach and 
tal feathers ruft colent the two outer feathers ah. Cor 1 
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The Te Red Sue is a migrator y. ve it 
arrives in May, and immediately retires into the 
woods to pafs the fummer: it builds ‘in little 
buthes near the ground; the nefts are made | 
with mofs on the outfide, and lined within with | 
wool and feathers, refembling a globe, withoail 
opening towards the eaft. According to Buffon 
the female lays five or ix eggs ; pnoon Ie to 
Pennant. nine, | i 
In the morning it comes ‘out seh the ‘acl 
returns there during the heat of the day, and in 
the evening appears again in the neighbouring: 
fields, feeking for worms and flies; it retires: 
‘to the woods at night to rooft. The Grey Red 
Start has no fong, only a little twittering notes 
in general he is very filent; he often perches 
- upon a fingle twig, which grows out beyond the 
- “yoot, flirting his tail like the Red Start. When 
fae; he; is delicious food: his flight j is very fhorty 
only from bufh to bufh. Thefe birds go away it 
OGtober ; they are feen fome days before to fol” 
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