
oR oF BIR DS, — 
es his tender and harmonious fong ; he eens 
: entirely engrofied with his mate, and fuffers no 
_, birds of his own {pecies to live very near, There 
is a common proverb, that two 'Red- breafts are. 
“never found in one bulh.. . | — 
Red-breafts feck the fhade, and prefer mine 
, eis: in the {pring they feed on worms 
: “and infects, which they take with ‘great ade 
dels ; they flutter like a butterfly about a leaf. 
a _ on. Lahich they perceive a fly; on the ground’ 
* they fpring-forward with little hops, and dart on: 

their prey, flapping their wings. In the autumn 
a they eat berries and fruits. | 
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"Flere is no bird that fings more early + 8 i is: 




a . _fong by the wr of day, and he is the laft that: 
owe: hear, or fee Aieis about in the. evening 5. be- 
- fides, his fone continues the greateft part of the. 
“winter and thie {pring ; 
a No bird is. fo eaf ily taken. hs call- i birds or ae 
“traps. it 18 fear cely poflible to make any_noife- 
4 which fhall not. awaken the curiofity, and. engage, « 
* the attention of all the. Red-breafts. that .are near 5. 
@ and. if 3 any bird-lime twigs be placed, they rg 
a “upon them; fhould any one effett his efcape from 
that at fare, he snakes a little noife, which occa- 
fions — 
Bike: the firit in a woods, and begins hig a 
