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prefentiylTiew It, by crowchlng down, hang 

 ing his Wings, appearing all of a heap, snd 

 very rough in his Feathers, and putting his 

 Head under his Wing (all thefe are bad 

 Signs, and denote the Bird unhealthy.) 

 There is another Way to know If a Bird 

 be in Health, and that is by his Dung, 

 when he Is taken out of the Store-Cage, ob« 

 A;rve well if the Bottom of the Cage he is 

 put in be clean ; then take notice of the 

 Dung, and the Manner of his dunging, for 

 if he bolts his Tail afterwards, like the 

 Nightingale, it Is a Sign he is not In per- 

 §Q't\ Health, altho' he may fing for the pre- 

 fent •, But he does not, and his Dung ap- 

 pears thick, hard and .round? being of a fine 

 White on the outfidc, and darkifh in the 

 rriddle, and quickjy dry, then it is a very 

 good Sign, for a Seed-Bird feldom dungs 

 too hard, unlefs he be very young. 



Now I Vvdil fhew you the bad Symptoms 

 of this Bird's Dunging : Firil of all, his. 

 bolted his Tail like the Nightingale, as I 

 before obi crved : The next is, if he dung 

 thin, like Water, with no Thickening in it 

 that is a bad Sign : And laft of all, if he 

 dung only a (llrny Whitenefs, with no black 

 in it, it Is a very dangerous Sign that Death 

 is approaching and that he will not conti- 

 nue long with you. 



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