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which moreare caught than any singing bird) two 
goldfinches, two greenfinches, one woodlark, one 
redpoll, a yellowhammer, titlark, and aberda- 
vine, and perhaps a bullfinch; these are placed 
at small distances from the nets in little cages. 
He hath, besides, what are called flur-birds, 
which are placed within the nets, are raised 
upon the flur,* and gently let down at the time © 
the wild bird approaches them. ‘Ehese gener- 
ally consist of the linnet, the goldfinch, and the 
greenfinch, which are secured to the flur by 
what is called a brace ;+ a contrivance that se- 
cures the birds without doing any injury to their 
plumage. 
It having been found that there is a superi- 
ority between bird and bird, from the one be- 
ing more in song than the other; the bird- 
catchers contrive that their call birds should 
moult before the usual time. They, therefore, 
in June or July, put them into a close box, 
under two or three folds of blankets, and leave 
their dung in the cage to raise a greater heat; 
* A moveable perch to which the bird is tied, and which the 
bird-catcher can raise at pleasure, by means of a long string 
fastened to it. 
+ A sort of bandage, formed of a slender silken string that is 
fastened round the bird’s body, and under the wings, in so art- 
ful a manner as to hinder the bird from being hurt, let it flutter. 
ever so much in the raising. 
