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font And by the fweet Modulation of his 

 tuneful Accents, endeavours to Delight the 

 Hen, and allure her to fubmic to his Em- 

 braces, even before there are Leaves on the 

 Trees, and v^'hilft the Frofts are in the Fields; 

 building their Neft the fooneft of any Bird ; 

 having young Ones, commonly by the Twenty 

 Fifth of March^ and fometimes by the Mid- 

 dle of that Month. 



The Cock^ when kept in a Cage, whiftles 

 and fings very delightfully all the Spring and 

 Summer-Time ; at leaft four or five Months 

 in the Year; is a ftout, hardy Bird; which, 

 befides his own pleafant natural Note, tDay 

 be taught to Whittle, or Play a Tune. 



The Black-bird, when wild in the Fields, 

 feeds promiicuoufly upon Berries and Infecls : 

 'Tis a folitary Bird, that tor the moft Part 

 flies fingly. 



The dijlwguijlnng Maris of the, Cock and 

 Hen. 



THEY are not eafily known by their 

 Colour while young, but the blackeft 

 Bird generally proves a Cock : The Irides^ 

 or Circle, that circumvefts the Eye in the 

 young Cock-bird, is yellow ; his Bill is black, 

 and turns not perfeftly Yellow 'till he is near 

 a Year old : The Bill of an old Cock-bird is 



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