and fentiments of afieGtion.. 

Oo THE. NATURAL HISTORY 
a little to the: omdernels Rid which it is treated! ‘ 
by the playful: fchool- boy 5. and the laft kind : 
- offices: which they are reprefented in that fimple: 
| fong to have performed to the little innocents: 4 
whe died in: the wood, . in covering their bodies: 
with leaves, naturally enough tends to excite ins 
young and feeling minds, aéts of. forbearance, 
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Tie WR ‘E N. 
The’ plumage. is greys the. wings wayed with black, and! 
ath colour. 
The. bill is..very*flender, pointed,. and fcarcely bowed 54 
the wing. feathers on their outer webs are crofled with many, - 
little dufky bars ; the firft, fecond, and. third are (pole 
| with white between the bars. 
The tail is rounded and crofléd avith date, B lackifh lines. 
“The Wren isa fprightly little bias frequents, | 
ing villages, and the neighbourhood of towns at: — 
the approach of winter, and chanting, efpecially: 
towards the evening, . with a Clear. voice, his. 
pleafing, animated fonge. a 
_ He fometimes fhews himfelf for a moment t upon 
a heap of dry.wood, the next. inftant enters it, 
~and difappears. For a moment he is feen upon the. 
| tee of the thateh, but quickly conceals himfelf, 
ee | under 4 
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