Englifli Singmg-Blrds. 3 1 



fix Inches and a half, the Bill is half an 

 Inch ,• and the Tail two and a Qiiarter, 'Its 

 Weight is about fixteen Drams. 



of the Toungy honi) to Order them, &c. 



f^HE has five or fix young Ones at a Breed- 

 ||^ ding; they may betaking at ten Days 

 old, and brought up with the lame Food and 

 Management as Linnets^ Or other Birds of the 

 Finch Kind ; they are not very Tender, only 

 keep them clean, and there is no Fear but 

 they will thrive. And after all, I cannot re- 

 commend them for pleafant Cage Birds. If 

 you regard his Colours, he is as finely fea- 

 thered as^^moft Birds ; and in an Aviary makes 

 as pretty a Show as the beft of them. 



He is feldom Sick ; but when he is, give 

 him what you give Linnets or Chaffinches. 



Of the Common Linnet 5 



7he Defcription and CharaUer. 



F"^OR the Sweetnefs of its Singing, the 

 Linnet is fo much efteemed, that by- 

 many Perfons, he is thought to excel all fmall 

 Birds : He has certainly a curious fine Note, 

 little inferiour to the beft of Birds ; he may 

 be Taught like wife to- Pipe, Whittle, ox the 



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