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which more are caught than any singing bird) two 

 goldfinches, two greenfinches, one woodlark, one 

 redpoll, a yellowhammer, titlark, and aberda- 

 vine, and perhaps a bullfinch ; these are placed 

 at small distances from the nets in little cages. 

 He hath, besides, what are called Jiur-birds, 

 which are placed within the nets, are raised 

 upon the j^wr,* and gently let down at the time 

 the wild bird approaches them. These gener- 

 ally consist of the linnet, the goldfinch, and the 

 greenfinch, which are secured to the Jlur by 

 what is called a brace ;'\ a contrivance that se- 

 cures the birds without doing any injury to their 

 plumage. 



It having been found that there is a superi- 

 ority between bird and bird, from the one be- 

 ing more in song than the other; the bird- 

 catchers contrive that their call birds should 

 moult before the usual time. They, therefore, 

 in June or July^ put them into a close box, 

 under two or three folds of blankets, and leave 

 their dung in the cage to raise a greater heat ; 



* A moveable perch to which the bird is tied, and which the 

 bird-catcher can raise at pleasure, by means of a long string 

 fastened to it. 



f A sort of bandage, 'formed of a slender silken string that is 

 fastened round the bird's body, and under the wings, in so art- 

 ful a manner as to hinder the bird from being hurt, let it flutter 

 ever so much in the raising. 



