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 tie of the Bird, and his lavlfh Singing^, 

 will hardly fufFer him to keep Fielh upoa 

 his Back. 



How to chufe a Canary-Bird, a:^.d to hiom 

 whether he hath a good Song., likewife whe- 

 ther a Cock CJr Hen. 



AS to the Colour, I fhall fay leaft, that 

 depending entirely on the Fancy of 

 thofe who buy them, only, for the Inftruc- 

 tion of nay Reader, I lliall mention fome of 

 the Terms us'd by Canary-Bird Fanciers, 

 i'/2;. French, fo called from the Breed of 

 fome that a few Years ago were brought 

 from France, but fince much improved in 

 the Colour by our Breeders at Home ; the 

 fineftSortare of a beautiful bright Yellow, 

 bef]..angled with an Intermixture of jet black 

 Spots, having little or no white about them 

 Hienextisthe mealy BLrd^fo called from 

 the mealy Kind of Colour which feems to 

 cover all his Feathers^ fo that he has na 

 other Colours prefefl, being covered with 

 that mealyCaft, tho' often in Breeding they 

 throw as fine a Feather to their young Ones 

 as the beft. 



I'iie next are your mottled Ones, being 

 moftlv white, mottled here and there with 

 black or brownilhSpots, fome are allW' hite, 

 fome all Yellow *, fome the Colour of Buff; 

 fuRie of rn alh Colour, and fome grey ; 



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