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Ofthe ROBIN-RED-BREAST. 



IT is the opinion of fome, that this little King of . 

 Birds for fweetnefs of Note comes not much (hore 

 of the Nightingale. It is a very tender Bird, and there- 

 fore muft have its Cage lined. They breed very early 

 in the Spring, and commonly thrice a year. 



When the young are about ten days old, take them 

 from the old ones , and keep them in a little Bower- 

 basket : if they tarry long in the Neft , they viWX be 

 fullen, and therefore more difficultly brought up : yo^ 

 muft feed them as you feed the Nightingale in all re- 

 fpe<as : finding them grow ftrong, put them into a 

 Cage, put Mofs in the bottom thereof , and let them 

 Hand warm. 



The way of taking a Kohin-red-hreaji is fo eafie and 

 common, that every Boy knows how to take him in a 

 Pit-fall i but with a Trap-cage and a Meal-worm you 

 may take half a fcore in a day : Hearing them fing, 

 keep thofe birds which moft delight you. If you take 

 any without hearing them fmg, thus you (hall know 

 whether he be Cock or Hen h if a Cock, his breaft will 

 he of a darker red, and his red will go farther up upon 

 the head than the Hens. 



Ofthe WREN. 



THis Bird in my opinion is a pretty (met dappei 

 Songfter, being of a nature chearful ; as he is 

 pkafant to the Earjfo he is to the Eye i and when he 



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