4 A Natural Hijlovy ef 



Diameter at the Top, four Inches one Way, and 

 five the other, being of an Oblong Figure : 

 It weighed thirteen Ounces : The Bird it felf, 

 is in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to 

 the End of the Tail, eleven, of which the 

 Bill is one Inch, and the Tail four Inches 

 long. 



Of the Toung, hoiv to Order therriy &c. 



TH E Blach-hird has either four or five 

 young Ones at a Breeding, hardly ever 

 more or lefs ; you may take them at twelve 

 Pays old, or fooner; they may be raifed 

 with little Trouble, taking Care to keep thern 

 clean, and feeding them with Sheep's Heart, 

 or other lean Meat, that is not falted, cut very 

 fiuall, and mixed with a little Bread ; and 

 while Young, give them their Meat moift, 

 and feed them every two Hours, or there- 

 abouts ; when they are grown up, feed them 

 with any Sort of Flefh Meat raw or dreffed, 

 provided it be not Salt ; it will be rather be- 

 ter Food for them, if you mix a little Bread 

 with it ; when their Neft grows foul, take 

 them out, and put them into a Cage or Bas- 

 ket, upon clean Straw ; and when they can 

 feed themfelves, feperate them. 



He is a llout healthful Bird, not very fub- 

 jeft to Diforders J but, if you find him fick 



