Eiiglifli Singing-Birds. ^j 



both with Clap-nets, and Lime-Twigs; as 

 theiy catch Linnets^ Gold-Jin ches^ &c. when 

 you firft take them, tie the ends of their 

 Wings with Thread, to prevent their flutter- 

 ing and beating themfelves againft the Cage; 

 and they will foon grow tame. Feed them 

 as you do the Wood or Skk-lark: At firft give 

 them Hemp-feed and Bread, made very fine 

 and mixed together ; likewife Ants Mould in' 

 their Cage, Meal-worms, &c. ftrew their 

 Viduals about their Cage to allure them to 

 eat ; and in three or four Days they will take 

 it freely enough; and will fing in about a 

 Week's Time. Cage them fingle, in a Cage 

 fomething clofer than the common Pfocd-larks. 



Of the Robin-Red-Breaft^ 



The Vefcriptim and Chara^ei\ 



THIS Bird denominated from its Red- 

 Breaft, is fo well known in almoft all 

 Countries, that it needs no long Delcription. 

 It is by many Perlbns efteemed little inferiour 

 to the Ntghtifjgak ; the Cock has a fweet me- 

 lodious Song, fo free and (hrill, that very few 

 Birds can ecjual him. 



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