. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . of the bird. It cer-tainly is but little known, and has no common name in thiscountry. BRITISH BIRDS. 211 gin to expand their bloffoms ; they difperfe throughthe whole extent of our plains ; fome inhabit ourgardens, others prefer the clumps and avenues;fome conceal themfelves among the reeds, and ma-ny retire to the midft of the woods. But, not-withftanding their numbers, this genus is confelTed-ly the moft obfcure and indetermined in the wholeof ornithology. We have taken much pains togain a competent knowledge of the various kindswh
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . of the bird. It cer-tainly is but little known, and has no common name in thiscountry. BRITISH BIRDS. 211 gin to expand their bloffoms ; they difperfe throughthe whole extent of our plains ; fome inhabit ourgardens, others prefer the clumps and avenues;fome conceal themfelves among the reeds, and ma-ny retire to the midft of the woods. But, not-withftanding their numbers, this genus is confelTed-ly the moft obfcure and indetermined in the wholeof ornithology. We have taken much pains togain a competent knowledge of the various kindswhich vifit our ifland, and have procured fpeci-mens of moft, if not all of them, but confefs thatwe have been much puzzled in reconciling theirprovincial names with the fynonima of the differ-ent authors who have noticed them. The following is defcribed by Latham as a va-riety of the Pettichaps, and agrees in moft refpedtswith our fpecimen. We conceive it to be thefame as the PalTerinette of BufFon, allowing fome-v/hat for difference of food, climate, P2 212 BRITISH BIRDS.
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