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gral; the et in its conftruction, ead the mate- 
tials employed, refembles. that of the common 
Wren, and probably this form, as it feems pe- 
-culiar to our fmalleft birds, has been fuggefted by 
the wife Author of Nature, and of Inftin@, be- | 
caute i in thefe cold climates,” their warmth might 
“be infwficient for the purpofe of incubation. 
_ This little bird is much-attached to its neft, and — 
in this refpect widely differs from the common 
‘Wren. A gentleman having found a neft be- 
- longing to this little bird, by taking away the 
eggs as they were laid, o€cafiened her to ‘pro- 
duce thirty in fucceffion; he then took pity 
q ? ‘upon her, and Jeft a fufficient number for her to _ 
fit upon. In autumn it quits. the woods, and © 
Facts orchards and gardens. Its fong conti- 
_ Bues all the fpring and fummer, it is full, fweet, 
pleafing, and continued, | 
In France, they arrive in the month of April, 
aly Tittle companies of 34 or 15, but they foon fe- 
parate, and pair. If any very fevere cold fhould 
_ happen after their arrival, it is fatal to them, 
and they are found dead upon the ground, 
GENUS. a PP PP ROA! 
The beak is fhorter thea the head, towarés the bate 
| EP eily three-fided, sk hard, a little incurvated, or : 
Bowed. 
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