50 A Natural Hiflorj of 



them clofe down : Feed, them with Sheep''^ 

 Heart, or other lean Flefli Meat raw, mixt 

 with a hard boil'd Egg, a little Bread, and 

 Hemp- feed bruifed or ground, all chop'd to- 

 gether as fine as it is poffible to do it, and made 

 a littk moift with clean Water : Every two 

 Ilours, or oftener; give them five or fix fmall 

 Bit;s, taking grea.t Care never to overload their 

 tender Stomachs. Let not their Meat be too 

 ftale, dry, mouldy or four; for your Birds 

 fa fed, whether old or young, will never 

 thrive. . 



The wild Ones feed upon Beetles, Cater- 

 pillers, and other Infecbs j likewife upon Seeds, 



The JVood^hrhy as if fenfible of his own 

 melodious Song, will take from no other, un- 

 lefs brought up from the Neil, then he may be 

 taught the Song of another Bird. 



7%e Seajons for catching Wood-larks nvtth 

 Nets, and hoiv to order them. 



FI R S-^T, Brancherj, which are Birds that 

 were hatched that Spring, are taken in 

 ym2e and Jufyj with a Net and a Hawk^ after 

 the fame Manner as I told you they took 5^/^- 

 Jarks, You may find theft BirdsHarbouring a- 

 bout Gravel-Pits, upon Heath and common 

 Land, and in Pafture Fields. For fear of the 

 Hawky they will lie lb clofe^ that fometimes 



they 



