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; as This bcutiil bird exhales a aatusal perfume, — 
: which it contracts among the juniper trees, and: 
| ‘other aromatic fhrubs, that grow in the folitudes 
~ which it frequents. It delights in. retirement ; 
forefts of pines, and thickets of juniper, are the 
tetreats it loves; withdrawn from other birds, 
and far from the haunts of men, it enjoys in fecu- 
rity that liberty, which feems fo eflential to its 
happinefs! For, if it be once taken, which from 
ots natural fhynefs, and diftruft, is feldom the 
| cafe, it fullenly refufes foad ; and whatever arts 
may be employed to foothe concagee it refos 
lutely refufes life, when deprived of liberty. 
a,  Itinhabits Europe, and is found in feveral parts 
of France, particularly in Normandy, and in other 
latitudes between France and Sweden. It is.as 
a fruitful as other birds of the fame genus. : 
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Tuz GREAT TITMOUSE. 
The bill, the head, and throat, are black; the checks 
ie ‘are white; the back and wings, are of an olive green; bee 
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feath greenifh; but an irregular ftripe of black divides the 
whole of the ftomach into two parts; there is a bar of 
_ white on cach wing; and the legs are of a lead colour. 
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‘Tt inhabits Europe, is very frequent in Eng- 
lan, and is found in many latitudes, between Swe- 
Ae vid and the Cape of Good hope, in Africa. 
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