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give them a pleafing Infect or two : They 

 are neither a {lender nor thick Biird Bird, 

 but gladly eat Spiders. 



Every body knows almod how to take a 

 Robin with fome Lime-Twigs, but with a' 

 Trap-Cage and Meal- Worm you may take 

 a great many ; and if you hear one Bird to 

 excel another, take the Bird you have mod 

 mind to and Cage him, and he'll fmg in a 

 fliort Time, provided he be not an old Bird. 

 If you take a Bird and do not hear him 

 fing, by this Mark youfhall know whether 

 he be a Cock or Hen; if a Cock, hisBreaft 

 will be of a brighter Red than the Hen, and 

 his Red will go farther upon the Head. 



What dijeafts Robin-Red-Breafls are fiih- 

 jtol to, a?id how to cure them, 



FIRST, he is very fubjedto the Cramp 

 and Giddinefs of the Head, which 

 makes him many Times fall off the Perch 

 Lipon his Back, and then it is prefentDeath, 

 without fome Help be fpeedily uled for 

 him. The beft Remedy to prevent him 

 from having the Cramp, is to keep him 

 warm and clean in his Cage, that his Feet 

 be not clogg d, which many Times do eat 

 of the Joint-s of his Feet, fur the Dungbe- 

 ng bound on fo faft, ic makes his Feet and 

 Kails to rot off, which takes off the Life 

 and Spirit of the Bird ; if you find him 



dioop. 



