I 8 A Natural Hiftory of 



liich Meat will fpoil the Birds : When they 

 begin to feed themfelves, break them from 

 this Ibft Meat as foon as you can ; then give 

 them Rape and Canary-feed, the fame as you 

 do the Linnety but more of the former than 

 the latter. If at any Time you perceive them 

 out of Order, put a blade of Saffron in their 

 Water; and you may try them with the 

 Wood'larKs Meat, or fine Hemp-feed, but 

 keep moftly to Rape^ with a little Canary- 

 feed mix'd with it. 



You muft remember often to Pipe, Whiftle, 

 or Talk to them, whilft they are young, 

 what your are minded they ftiould learn, and 

 you will find them loon take it. 



A Bullfinch at full Growth is fix Inches 

 long, from Point of Bill to the End of the 

 Tail, of which the Tail is two Inches : In 

 Weight thirteen Drams. 



Of the Goldfinch^ 



Which in fome Places^ from its feeding in 

 Winter Time on the Seeds of Thijiles, 

 c ailed y Thiftle- finch ^ 



The Defcription and CharaBer, 



IT is every where in England well kno-fvn, 

 and highly eftecmed both for Singing and 

 for the Elegancy of its Colours, being cer- 

 tainly 



