A New Voyage To Carolina, By John Lawson









































































































































 -   I never knew any one tame,
therefore know not, what they might be brought to.

{Nightingale.}
The Nightingales are different - Page 208
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I Never Knew Any One Tame, Therefore Know Not, What They Might Be Brought To.

{Nightingale.} The Nightingales are different in Plumes from those in Europe. They always frequent the low Groves, where they sing very prettily all Night.

{Hedge-Sparrow.} Hedge-Sparrows are here, though few Hedges. They differ scarce any thing in Plume or Bigness, only I never heard this Whistle, as the English one does; especially after Rain.

{Wren.} The Wren is the same as in Europe, yet I never heard any Note she has in Carolina.

{Sparrow.} Sparrows here differ in Feather from the English. We have several Species of Birds call'd Sparrows, one of them much resembling the Bird call'd a Corinthian Sparrow.

{Lark.} The Lark with us resorts to the Savannas, or natural Meads, and green Marshes. He is colour'd and heel'd as the Lark is; but his Breast is of a glittering fair Lemon-Colour, and he is as big as a Fieldfare, and very fine Food.

{Red-Birds.} The Red-Birds (whose Cock is all over of a rich Scarlet Feather, with a tufted Crown on his Head, of the same Colour) are the Bigness of a Bunting-Lark, and very hardy, having a strong thick Bill. They will sing very prettily, when taken old, and put in a Cage. They are good Birds to turn a Cage with Bells; or if taught, as the Bulfinch is, I believe, would prove very docible.

{East-India Bats.} East-India Bats or Musqueto Hawks, are the Bigness of a Cuckoo, and much of the same Colour.

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