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fings cocks up his Tail, and throws out his Notes with 

 fo much alacrity and pleafure , that I know not any 

 bird of its bignefs n^ore delights the fenfe of Hea- 

 ling. 



This Bird builds twice a year, about the latter end of 

 Aprils in fhrubs where Ivy grows thjck,and fometimes 

 in old Hovels and Barns. They lay a nunrnerous quan- 

 tity of Eggs j and I can affure you I have feen a Neft 

 containing two and twenty : herein are two things 

 greatly to be wondred at i ftrA, that fo fmall a bird 

 ftiould cover fuch a great quantity of Eggs j fecondly, 

 when they have hatched, to feed them all , and not to 

 mifs one bird, and in the dark alfo. 



Their fecond time of breeding is in the middle of 

 June ; of either breed, what you intend to keep rauft 

 betaken out of the Neft at thirteen or fourteen days 

 old. Let their food be Sheeps*heart and Egg minced 

 very fmall, or Calves or Heifers-heart i but be fure to 

 clear them of the Fat and Sinews, which muftbe a ge- 

 neral rule to be obferved for all Meat-birds. Feed them 

 in the Neft every day very often, but a little at a time i 

 let the inftrument you feed them with be a Stick \ and 

 when you obferve them to pick it off of their own ac-- 

 cord, then cage them, and putting meat to them in a 

 little Pan, and about the fides of the Cage, to entice 

 them to eat j however, have a care to feed them too, 

 left they ncgled: themfelves and die. When they can 

 feed themfelves very well, give them once in three days 

 a Spider,br two. You may teach them to whiftle tunes 

 if you fo defire it •, for they are eafily taught, being a 

 bhd that's very docible. Here note, if they be fed with 

 Pafte, they will live longer than if they fed upon Hearts. 

 The browneft and largett of the young IVrens are the 

 Cocks. 



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