small mortification of those who delight in their culture; we have
succeeded in keeping these birds off, by placing near the object to be
preserved, the skin of a cat properly stuffed: a live cat, or some bird
of the hawk kind confined in a cage, might perhaps answer the purpose
more effectually, at least in point of duration.




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~Leucojum vernum. Spring Snow-Flake.~


_Class and Order._

~Hexandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ campaniformis, 6-partita, apicibus incrassata, _Stigma_
simplex.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LEUCOJUM _vernum_ spatha uniflora, stylo clavato. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab.
p. 316._

LEUCOJUM bulbosum vulgare. _Bauh. Pin. 55._