Eftgliflt Singing-Birds I j^ 



eheirt. They are fubjeft likewife to break- 

 ings out about, their Eyes and Nib, for 

 which Ufe the fame. 



If they grow melancholy put into tfcieir 

 ^yater fomc white Sugar-Candy j if that 

 Will not do, befides thcil* conftant Meat of 

 Sheep's Heart, c^^. give them three or four 

 Meal- Worms a Day, and a few Ants and 

 Ants Egg$, and fome of their Mould at th^ 

 bottom of the Cage : Alfo boil a new-laicf 

 Egg, and chop it fmall, and ftrew it among 

 the Ants and their Eggs, and let them have 

 Saffron in their Water. 



The Nightingah IS fometimes troubled 

 with a Straitnefs or ftrangling of the Breaft, 

 which comes very often for want of Car(2 

 in making his Meat, by mincing tat there* 

 with,orby reafonof fome Sinew or Thread 

 of the Sheep's Heart, for want of well 

 fhredding, hanging in his Throat, or claf- 

 ping about his Tongue, which caufeth hini 

 to forfake his Meat and grow very poor 

 in a fhort time ; when you perceive this^ 

 which is known by the Bird's gaping, and 

 the unufual beating and panting of .his 

 Breaft, take him gently out of his Cage, 

 and open his Bill with a Quill, and uri- 

 loofen any String or Piece of Flefh that 

 may hang about his Tongue or Throat t 

 After you have taken it away, give him 

 fome white Sugar-Candy in his Water, or 



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