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times raife very high, by a various, and al- 

 tnoft mufical Inflexion of its Voice, making 

 very pleafant and artificial Melody. 



T^he Marks of the Cock and Hen. 



TH E Fore-part of his Head, his Throat, 

 Pinion of the Wing and Rump, are of 

 a brighter Yellow than in the Hen : Which 

 Marks will hold good, let the Birds be of 

 what Sort they will; they always have a lit- 

 tle Yellow above their Bills, under their 

 Throats, &c. of a ftrong deep Yellow in the 

 Cock ; in the Hen of a much paler Colour. 

 There is a Difference likewife in their Vents ; 

 if you blow the Feathers in both, you may 

 perceive his to appear longer than that of the 

 Hen's, 



Another Mark of a Male Bird is his Size, 

 the biggeft and longeft bodied Bird fcldom 

 fails of proving a Cock ; efpecially if his 

 Gef!:ure and Carriage be fprightly and ma- 

 jeftick ; and if he often extends his Neck and 

 'Head with Life and Vigour, then you may 

 depend upon its being a Cock-bird. Belides 

 all this, you may know him by his fine fing- 

 ing, in which you can't well be deceived, for 

 the Hens do not fing, or fo indifferently, that 

 'tis not deferving of the Name of a Song; 

 and whenever the Cock fings, if you obferve 



his 



