Englifli Singing' Birds. ^ 3 



But 'tis not fo with thofe. Birds that live at 

 large in the Fields : They obferve their Sea- 

 fons for Breeding, and after they have hatch'd, 

 Company with their Brood, till their Young 

 ^re grown up, and able co provide for them- 

 felves. 



When the yonngCanary thirds can feed them- 

 feives, take them from the old Ones, and 

 Cage them. If they are Flying about the 

 Room, to catch' them bring a fpare Cage with 

 fome loft Viduals in it, taking the other Meat 

 that's in the Room away, placing the Cage 

 there in its ftead, with the Door open, and a 

 String faftened thereto ; Then ftand at a Di- 

 ftance, and the old Ones will prefently, for 

 th^ fake of the Meat, intice the young Ones 

 into the Cage, then pull the String and fliut 

 in One, Two, or as many as you can, the 

 Old you let fly, the young Cage : This do 

 ^till you have caught as many as you want. 



Let their Meat be the Yelk of an Egg hard 

 boil'd, with as much of the beft Bread, and 

 a little fcalded Rape-feed : When it is boiled 

 fofc, bruife the Seed fine, and put a little 

 Maw-feed among it, and mix it altogether, 

 and give them a fufficient Quantity frefli every 

 Day; never let it be ftale or four. Befides this, 

 give them a little fcalded Rape-feed, and a 

 little Rape and Canary by itfelf. You may 

 keep them to this Diet till they have done 

 moulting ; and afterwards feed them as you do 



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