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Ones two or three Times in a Sumnner, and 

 have four or five young Ones at a Time \ 

 they are not very plenty mEvgland, becaufe 

 they frequent Orchards, and do great Da- 

 ma t>e to the Buds of the Trees, which makes 

 the Gardiners fnoot as miany as they can, 

 othei wife' they deflroy their Wall-Fruit. 

 1 here is in fomie Parts of this Kingdom, 

 two Pence given by the Church-Wardens 

 for every Eulinnch that is killed, which I 

 take to be the Reafonof their Scarcity. In 

 forae Countries they call them Nopes, and 

 in other Countries, Thick Bills; and in 

 other Countries they call themHoops. This 

 1 take to be from their own Notes, becaufe 

 naturally the} have a hooping fortof aNote; 

 2xLo7idGn v/e call them Bullfinches, by Rea- 

 fon ihey have a thick, black Head, and a 

 fiubbed fhort Bill ; the Cock has a very 

 red Ereaft. 



How to Feed them, 



T O TJ may feed them and bring them 

 up, the fame Way as you do a Lin- 

 net, only when they feed themfelves, give 

 thep^ micre Canary -Seed than a Linnet. I 

 geriera'ily give thern the better half Canary- 

 Seed, and the ren Rape ; and if you find 

 them out of order, give them a little fine 

 Hemp-Seed, and a little Saliron in their 

 Water ; you may iikev/ife give them a Vitr 



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