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 vers*d with (except thofe kept In Cages) 

 which occafions various Opinions where they 

 go at that l^ime, and as 1 believe no one 

 can give a true Account of them, I Hiall 

 fay nothing about it. but content myfelf 

 w^ith the Knowledge I have, that is, This 

 Bird niay be catch'd about the 25th of 

 Alarcb, or the Beginning of yjpril, until 

 the loth or 12th, which generally proves 

 a Cock, and then about that Tinne his Hens 

 come, which make him very rank, fo with- 

 out a great deal of Care, you will lofe a 

 great manythat are catch'd after that Time. 

 You may catch them divers Ways, at feve- 

 ral Seafons of the Year *, that is to fay, you 

 may catch Branchers in July, or the Begin- 

 ning oi Aiguft, but I think yjpril is the on- 

 Iv Time, for the bell Birds. There are 

 feveral Ways ufed in catching of Birds ; 

 one Wav, by making a Hole in the Ground, 

 and fetting a Board or Tile over it, fticking 

 two or three Meal-WormiS upon the Stick 

 that holds up the Board or Tile, and the 

 Bird coming with Eagerhefs to catch the 

 Worm, fails down in the Hole, and cannot 

 eaiily get out again. Another Way of 

 catching them, is, by making your Obfer- 

 vations whereabouts they fng, and beating 

 the Leaves away as much as you can -, then 

 take a Bit of Stick, put the Meal- Worm 

 upcQ a Fin, and flick the Pin upon a Lime 



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