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white, the t#il ruft^eoloured: The male is fingu-
larly diftinguifted from the female by a pair of
black^pointed whiikers.
The nelt k in the ihape of a long purfe, which
it , forms with amazis^^art, by , interweaving
down, goflamer, and minute fibres, in a compact
manner, $nd lining the inftde with down, fo as
to makers* warm lodge for its young brood,,The
entrance is at the fide, fmall and round, with the
edge more ftrongiy, marked than the reft of this
curious fabric: the bird, attentive to the pre-?
fervatron of its eggs alid neflling^ ftifperid« It
at the ld|er end to the extremity 'of' the {lender
twigs of a willow, or fome other tree, over a
river. Contrary to the cuftom 6f tittnice, it
lays only four orfiye^g'gs; pollibly. Providence
hath ordained this fcanttnefs of eggs to tlie Re*
mix; becaufe by the ftiigular inftinft imparted to
this Jbird, it is enabled to fecure jts young much
more effectually from deftru6lion, than the othef
Ipecies, which are vfeiy prolific.
Mr, Gillibert acquainted me that $" great
quantity of yfellow &mber i§ frequefetjy &®g up,
in the Lithuanmn forefts, and that it is probably
the pro^uftion of a fmall relmous pine*. H6
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•. Matwtalifts ha^e long differed CQncerriinf tlie origin of arnBer.
Some maiinain if to be an aainml fubftance3 others dais it aikortg
the raiiieralsj fonieallert, that it if a vegetable oil united t»fth,fc
teunpial f€id| btt tlie raoft common opinion feenas to be that it m a