90 THE REDBREAST. 



soft hay at the bottom, and feed them either 

 with the wood lark's or nightingale's meat, 

 giving them but little at a time : when they 

 are full grown, cage them in a cage like the 

 nightingale's or wood lark's, though it should 

 be somewhat closer wired, and let them 

 have some moss at the bottom, managing 

 them every way like the nightingale. A 

 young bird brought up from the nest, may 

 easily be taught to pipe and whistle, though 

 I prefer bis own beautiful notes far before 

 any thing which can be taught him. 



The disorders to which this bird is sub- 

 ject are the same as those which affect 

 the other soft-billed songsters, and are 

 treated in the same way ; indeed, the ma- 

 nagement of the nightingale and redbreast 

 are so exactly similar, that I must refer 

 the reader to my account of the former 

 bird for any thing that I may have left 

 unsaid in my account of the latter. 



Robins are taken either with lime twigs, 

 clap nets, brick traps, or trap cages. 



