6o A Natural Hijlory of 



in your Traps, feed and order them as you 



do th^ Nightingales. 



Of the Red.Pole. 



n'he Vefmption and CharaBer. 



THE Red-Pole is a very fmall, but an 

 exceeding pretty feathered Bird : The 

 Head and Bread of the Cock are of a fine 

 Red : The Hen has a red Head likewife, 

 but not of fo bright a Colour ,- 'tis not a 

 very fine Bird for finging, but has a pretty 

 chattering Sort of a Song^ I can't call it 

 vc.y melodious, yet they are often kept in 

 Gages, and eat the fame Sort of Seeds as 

 the Linnet or Chaffinch. We are not fure 

 that thefe Birds build in England 5 they are 

 found here in Winter, but go away again 

 in the Spring, I never faw or heard of 

 any of their Nefts being found 5 I rather be- 

 lieve they come to fliun the Cold, as the 

 Aberdiviney Tvpite^ and fome other Birds do. 

 They are taken as they Q2itQh Linnets, Gold- 

 finches^ and other fmall Birds. Mr. WiU 

 lughhy has not the Red-Pole in his Coir 

 Icftion, defcribed by that Name, or any 

 other that will exadly anfwcr ; but I be- 

 lieve 



