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PREFACE. 



Courteous Reader 



F'MM'^ HERE having teen long find 

 M ^ )§C PuhUJhed feveral Tv.^ AT is^^s, of 

 '^ M Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, 

 a^AMJa and Fifhing, hut none of So n g- 

 BiRDS (at lea/i none ivbolly treating thereof) 

 I have here prefented my Countrymm, who 

 have a Fancy this Way, with one, coUe^led 

 not only from what has been hitherto fatter^ 

 ingly piihlijhed concerning them, hutfro?n di- 

 ligeyit Ob fer rations of my own, and others I 

 have conversed with, who have leen curious 

 in the Breeding and Bringing them up, ly 30 

 or 40 Tears Experience : j4nd as nothing mag- 

 rdfies and fets forth the Pozver of our Great 

 Creator, more than thefe pretty harmlefs 

 Animals, whether we refpecl their Velocity 

 Beauty, and Glorious Colours of their 

 Plumes; or their iVielodius Songs, fo th^y 

 Iring infinite Delight and Satisfaction to their 

 Keepers, a?id dofweetly reco?npence their Pa ins 

 ^K^ Charge in oringingthe^n up ly their plea^ 

 fant Harnaony : Tou enjoy in your Hoiifes or 

 Aviaries, all the Me!oiy of the woods, I 

 A 3 Jhall 



