Place where he hung, for fear he fhould 

 kill himfeif with driving againil: the Nigh- 

 tingale. 



This Bird fings nine Months in the Yen r -, 

 he is a very plentiful Bird about the Begin- 

 ning of September, or Michaelmas ; he is to 

 be taken with Nets called Clap-Nets, luch 

 as you catch your Linnets or other fmall 

 Birds with, and thofe Birds that are catch'd 

 at this Time of the Year, I reckon to be 

 the beft, becaufe keeping them all the Win- 

 ter makes them m.ore tame and familiar than 

 a Bird catch'd in January or February, and 

 holds its Song longer in the Summer ; a 

 Bird catch'd in January, is a very (lout 

 Bird, and will fmg m three Days after he 

 is taken, and commonly will fmg llouter 

 and louder than a Michaelmas Bird, but not 

 hold his Song fo long. A Bird that is ta- 

 ken in February, at his La}er, vrhen he is 

 matched v/ith his Hen, 1 have hjard fmg 

 asfoon as he is taken, all the Way in bring- 

 ing Home ; but by the reafan of his Rank- 

 nefs will prefently fall off his Song, and 

 you will have but little more frorxi him ail 

 that Summer. 



There is likewife another Way of taking 

 your Wood-larks, that is in June ox July 

 which we call Branchers wh.ch is a young 

 Bird that is bred and flew that Year, a- 

 bout two or three Monihs old, which you 

 B 3 ai.iy. 



