6 A Natural Eijlory of 



There are three or four other Sorts of 

 T'hzirjhes found in England'^ as firft, the great 

 7'hurfh^ called the MtfftUblrd^ Mtajle-faw^ 

 or Shrtte^ which in the Colour and Spots of 

 the Bread and Belly, agrees with the Song- 

 'Thurfh^ but is a bigger Bird : He is very beau- 

 tiful to look at, but not valued for Singing, 

 therefore feldom kept in a Cage. 



The fecond Sort, called the Redwings 

 Sw'weplfe^ or Wind-'ThurJh^ is in Shape and 

 Colour, fo like the Song-Thurfh^ that they 

 are hard to be diftinguilhed, only the latter 

 hath more and greater Spots on the Breaft 

 and Belly, and is fomewhat bigger : This 

 Kind is in no efteem for Singing. It is a 

 Bird of Paflage, that fliifts Places according 

 to the Seafons of the Year ; but whither it 

 goes, is not to us perfedly known. 



The third Sort is called the fmall Heath-- 

 T'hurjh^ from its Building upon Heaths and 

 Commons ; he is of a darker Colour than 

 any of the other of the Thrufi Kind, and by 

 Ibme valued for Singing; but as none of the 

 Sorts are comparable to the common 5^;^^- 

 Thurjh^ at haft, to my Fancy, nor fo well 

 known, I ftiall fay no more of them, but of 

 the Song-fharfh only ; which is a curious 

 Bird, as well for the great Variety of his 

 Notes, as his long Continuance in Song, which 

 is at leaft nine Months in the Year. In the 

 Beginning of the Spring, he fits on high Trees, 



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