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Birds breed ?.bout the beginning of A4ay, 

 they make their Nefts of green Mofsj ia 

 the likenefs of a high Crown'd Kat, and 

 line it with fome fniailHair or Wool, and 

 JVlols at the Out-fide : they make a round 

 Hole on the fide to creep in. I have known . 

 fifteen or fixteen Eggs in the Neft, and to 

 niy Knowledge I never took above feven or 

 eight young Ones out of the Neft. If you 

 have a mind to raife them, let them be 

 very well feather'd, and ftQa them with 

 Nightingale's Vi(5tuals5 which is the pro- 

 f ereit and the befl: Food, only give them 

 theirs fmaller, becauie they are a lefs Eird. 

 I have known them kept two or three Years 

 in a Cage, and Sing as fiout as if they were 

 in the Fields ; if you find them out of or- 

 der, give them an Ear-wigg, fmali Spider 

 or Files. 



7o know a Cock from a Hen. 



I Will not be to curious about it ; choofe 

 the Bird with the largefc L'ye, for they 

 are like other Birds, if you keep them fome 

 Time the Cocks will record •, this is all that 

 I (hail fpeak concerning the Wren, only 

 feed them with Nightingales Food, and 

 he'll anfwer your Expectation, and fing a 

 great many Months Ln the Year. 



