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The Red-Bird, 

 S commonly called a Virginia Nightin- 

 gale, they are very plenty iii Virgirda ; 

 they iing a very pretty Song, and feme- 

 thing like our hnglijh Nightingale, but 

 not fo well *, they are very beautiful Birds, 

 and of a pretty large Size, and almoin as 

 big as a fmall Thnrih ; th^y are of a very 

 Ene Rt'd upoii thek Breallj and have a red 

 1 ail^ and a very fine large Topping upon 

 their I leads, they are all over of a reddilh 

 Colour 5 they catch them in Virgini , in 

 the Snow, with a Snares as we do Larks 

 here In Eriglu7id% they fweep the Snow a- 

 way, and bait the Place with Virgirdd 

 Wheat, or the Chaff of it, as we do with 

 C haff or Oat^. for Larks in England ; when 

 thev take them, thev commonly feed them 

 with Virgiida Wheat. W hen we have 

 them in England, we feed them with Hemp 

 and Canarv-Seed ; if you can break them 

 o'f the l^itm-p, and feed th.em on Canary^ 

 it isthebeft. I keep them in a large Cage, 

 and give them a little V\ ood-Lark's Meat 

 in the Pan, and now and then a little of 

 our Nightingale's Food, efpecially in the. 

 tlmie of Pvioulting ; or if they Ibould be 

 lick, 1 give them a Spider or a Meal- 

 Worm. 



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