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,themfelves without much Trouble. This i$ 

 a fare Toking of their proving excellent Birds j 

 when they will feed in a few Hours, or the 

 next bay after they are^ taken, and (ing in two 

 ©r three Days; thofe never prove bad. You 

 muft tie the Wings of the Bird no longer 

 than till he is grown tame. 



Of the Red-Grosbeak, 



Or the Virginia-Nightingale, called like- 

 iniffy the Red'^Bird. 



The Difcription and CharaBer. 



IT is near as big as the common Song-7hurfh: 

 The Bafis of his Bill is encompalTed with 

 a 13order of black Feathers Reaching to the 

 Eyes: It hath a large Head adorned with a 

 high towering Creft, of a bright Scarlet Co- 

 lour, as is alfo the whole Bird, except the 

 Back, fome Part of the Wings and the Tail, 

 which are of a more Dirty and Brownifli-red. 

 Thefe Birc^s are brought from Virgin} a y New" 

 England^ and other Parts of North Jmerica, 

 where they catch them as we do Larks in 

 England^ by fweeping away the Snow, and 

 baiting the Pl^ce ' with Virginia Wheat, &€. 



