228 NIGHTINGALE. 



In the cage, the Nightingale may be 

 treated like any of the Thrush tribe. For 

 this purpose he is generally raised from 

 the nest, or caught in nets, or trap-cages, 

 or by means of limed twigs. The first 

 are ever the best birds. 



His price in America is from forty to 

 sixty dollars, and even at that, though 

 seemingly exorbitant, obtained with diffi- 

 culty. 



