whiſtle. The wren is alſo of the ſize and figure of thoſe in England, and ſings delightfully, eſpecially early in the morning, and in the evening when other birds are at rooſt: for which reaſon it is by ſome, called the nightingale. What is remarkable of the ſinging birds of this country is, that they loſe their ſinging faculties when taken, pine away and die, notwithſtanding the greateſt attention is paid to them.
There are alſo great numbers of owls in the woods of this iſland, and they make a moſt hideous, diſagreeable noiſe in the night-time. Swallows and bats are here likewiſe in great plenty; the latter breeding in hollow trees and in old houſes; but it has not yet been diſcovered where the ſwallows breed, or retire to; yet they are frequently ſeen flying in great flocks during the wet ſeaſon, and their appearance is reckoned a ſure token of approaching rainy weather.
