. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . le down, wool, or a few feathers, after she had be-gun laying, she would place them on the outside, orround the brim of the nest, still encreasing it till thetime she begun to sit. Three eggs were in the nest at the time I made thedrawing. They were white, spotted with small redspots. If the breeders of Canarybirds would furnish therooms where they are kept with myrtles, or other sweetsmelling shrubs,
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . le down, wool, or a few feathers, after she had be-gun laying, she would place them on the outside, orround the brim of the nest, still encreasing it till thetime she begun to sit. Three eggs were in the nest at the time I made thedrawing. They were white, spotted with small redspots. If the breeders of Canarybirds would furnish therooms where they are kept with myrtles, or other sweetsmelling shrubs, in which they might make their nests,and take care to keep the room clean and well aired,it would not only contribute much to the beauty andhealth of the birds, but would be more agreeable tonature, less trouble to the owner, and would affordgreater gratification to the curious, than when they areconfined in small, and perhaps, dirty boxes, as is nowin many places the custom. The food and song of the Canarybird are so gener-ally known, that nothing need be said of them here;only for the sake of the little pretty warblers, let meonce more recommend sweet food, pure water, and aclean MCZ L!c:\Y •ifJVARD ^ .:iTY Sft-MSRiDGZ. !-:\ USA 37MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. Syst. Nat. 328. THE SPOTTED FLY-CATCHER. PLATE. XXXVII. X he bill is black, broad, and flat at the base, and hasa rising angle along the upper chap. The eyes are brown, the eye-lids white, the nostrilsround and naked. At the angles of the mouth are a fewblack hair-like feathers. The head is of a perfectmouse-colour, with a small dark line down the middleof each feather. The back is mouse-coloured, onlya little inclining to a red-brown near the tail. Thetail is composed of twelve feathers, all of an uniformdark mouse-colour. The first quill feathers are the same colour as thetail, only the tips are a little paler. The covert feathers are a pale mouse-colour, withbrown edges. The cheeks above and below the eyes are w
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