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and has a very pleafing Note of his own, 

 you may learn them either to Whittle, or 

 play a Tune to a Pipe, which I have heard 

 fome do very fine •, he'll Whiftle about four 

 or five Months in a Year, and is very de- 

 lightful and pleafing to his Keeper, if well 

 learn'd •, he is a very hardy Bird, but if you 

 find him out of order, give him a large Spi- 

 der, or fome Wood-Lice, which you find 

 in old Wood ; you may likewife- put a lit- 

 tle Cochineal in his Water, which is very 

 chearful and good *, you may give him two 

 or three Spiders in a Day, and likewife five 

 or fix Hog-Lice, but if you give him too 

 many in one Day, it will take him off of 

 other Food, and do him more harm than 

 good. 



To know the Cock from the Hen, 



SOME fay, the uppermoft Bird in the 

 Neft is a Cock, others fay, the Neflling 

 is a Cock 5 fome choofe them by their 

 Wrings, others by their Heads or fall Eye, 

 but I find all this .groundlefs ; In my Opi- 

 nion, take the blackefi: Bird in the Neft, 

 which, when you fee them altogether you 

 may eafiiy perceive the Difference, for the 

 Cock will be confiderably blocker than the 

 Hen. 



There are two Sorts of Black-Birds, a 

 black Sort, and a grey Sort; the Hep e 



black 



