zz I A Natural Biftory of 



foil Bedding ♦, the Infide lined with Delicate 

 fine Down, Wool, &c. She lays fix or i^w^n 

 whitflf Eggs, Speck'd and Markt with a Red- 

 dlfli-Zbrown. To find their Nefl is not very 

 eafj/, for they generally build in Fruit-Trees, 

 ©/^. Apple, Pear, Plumb, &c, but moft com- 

 monly in the Apple, pretty high upon the 

 Branches, where either the Bloflbm or Leaves 

 intercept our Sight ; and at fuch a Time, when 

 we cannot come at them without the Hazard 

 of damaging the Bloom, or young Fruit. I 

 have known thefe Birds very often to build 

 in the Elder- Tree ^ and fometimes in Thorns 

 and Hedges j but not near lb common as iti. 

 Fruit-Trees. 



; Of theToungy houj to Order theWy &c. 

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THE Goldfinch has fix or feven young 

 Ones at a breeding; they are tender 

 Birds, and therefore fliould not be taken too 

 loon ; let them be pretty well feathered firft ; 

 they will not be iullen, like the young of 

 many other Birds, by ftaying too long in the 

 Neft; when you take them, prepare their 

 Meat after this Manner : Soak white Bread 

 in fair Water, ftrain it, and then Boil it, with 

 a little Milk, 'till 'tis as thick as Hafty- pud- 

 ding, adding to it, a little Flower of Canary- 

 leed y wifh this Meat feed them every two 



Hours, 



