Englifli Singing-Birds. 2.5 



Hours, or oftner, giving them but little at a 

 Time, two or three fmall Bits only; begin 

 to feed them about Sun-rifing, and continue 

 after this Manner, 'till Sun-fetting : Let them 

 have frefh Viduals every Day, or every other 

 Day at fartheft ; when you have fed them a 

 Month, or thereabouts, begin to break them 

 from this .-foft Meat, by giving them a little 

 Canary-feed, and loft Meat befides; when you 

 find they feed pretty freely upon the Seed, 

 keep them conftantly to that Diet, tho' they 

 will eat Hemp-feed, and fome other Kinds of 

 Seed, yet I never found it agree fb well 

 with them as the Canary. 



If a young Goldfinch h^ brought up under 

 i\\Q Cmary-birdy the Woodlark, or any other 

 fine finging Bird, he will take their Song very 

 readily ; I am told of a Lady that has one of 

 thefe Birds at this prefent Time, that will 

 Talk very finely. 



A Cock-bird, bred from'the Neft,wili Cou- 

 ple with a Hen Camry-hJrd, and produce a 

 Bird between both Kinds ; partaking of the 

 Song, and Colours of both. 



The Length of a full grown Bird, fronv 

 the Tip of his Bill to the end of his Tail, is 

 five Inches and a half; of which the latter 

 IS two, and the former a little more than half 

 an Inch long ; when in Flefh the Bird weighs 

 about an Ounce. 



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