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are fully grown, put into little boxes with ftone bottoms, on one fide of the Cage 

 crums of Parte, fuch as we fhall anon defcribe, and on the Other fide Sheeps heart, 

 fuch as was before mentioned. When they begin to moult ( faith our Englilfi Author) give 

 them half an Egg hard boiled,and the other halffieeps heart \with a little Saffron mixtin the 

 water, for you muft not make it toofiiff nor too limber. Give them no Ducfceggs ■: For I 

 had fix Nightingales killed one night with a Ducl^egg. 



Among thefe Neftlings the Cock may be known from the Hen by this token: HowtokteS 

 After he hath eaten he will get up the Perch, and begin to tune or record to himfelf; ^ m c ^ s 

 which you (hall perceive by the motion of his Throat, whereas the Hen at firft re- Hens, 

 cords little, or not at all. Moreover, the Cock is wont to ftand fometimes for a 

 good (pace upon one foot 3 otherwhiles to leap or run furioufly to and fro in the 

 Cage, and to draw out his warbling Notes with a long continuance. Some are of 

 opinion that thefe Neftlings fing not comparably to the wild Nightingales, becaufe 

 they want the teaching of their Dams. Wherefore to make them prove good, it is 

 convenient to place them near one that hath the right wild note. But experience 

 confutes this obfervation, thefe proving as well as thofe : Nature without any other 

 teacher inftru&ingthem to utter the notes proper to their own kind. Herein 1 muft 

 crave leave to dijjent fiom Olina, for Authors generally agree, and experience confirms it \ 

 that old Nightingales do teach their Toung their Airs and that of all birds Nightingales 

 emulate one another, and other birds, yea, and men too, infwging moji. 



For rinding the Neft where the Cock lings, and ifTo be he rings long in a place, Howtofina 

 then the Hen tits not far off 5 but if he hath young ones he will now and then bemif- the Neft » 

 fing, and then the Hen when you come near her Neft will fweet and cur : And if you 

 have fearched long and cannot find it, (tick a meal-worm or two upon a thorn, and 

 obferve which way the Cock carries them, and Hand ftill, or lie down, and you will 

 hear the Young when the old one feeds them, ( for they make a great noife for fo 

 fmallabird, ) When you have found the Neft if they be notfledgd enough, touch 

 them not, for if you do they will never tarry in the Neft. 



Thefe Neftlings fing for the moft part in the Autumn, and fometimes in the Win- 

 ter, if they be kept in a warm Chamber, or in a place where the air is temperate. 

 Olina. 



§. II. 



Hon? to take Branchers, and old Nightingales, and to order them when taken. 



r Hen you have found the birds haunts, they may be taken by a Trap-cage, of 

 Net-trap 5 defcribed in Olina, and in the forementioned Englifti Author 3' 

 baited with a meal-worm, or other worms or Maggots. So foon as you have taken 

 the Nightingale, tie the tips of his wings with fome brown thread, not (training it too 

 hard, that he may not haveftrength to beat himfelf againft the top and wires of the 

 Cage, for by this order he will grow tame fooner, and be more apt to eat his meat. 

 You fhall fhut him up in a Cage covered above half with green Bays, or brown paper, 

 [_ Olina faith, covered with paper, and for awhile without Perches ~] or elfe turn the 

 Cage from the light in fome private place, that at firft he be not difturbed, to make 

 him wilder than he would be. * Feed him five or fix times at the leaft every day with * Bir ^ s taken ' 

 fheeps heart and Egg fhredfmall and fine, mingling amongft the fame fome red Ants, in April muft 

 and three or four red Earth-worms. And becaufe no N ightingale will at firft eat any orclghtthnes 

 fheeps heart or Pafte, or hard Egg, but live meat, as Worms, Ants, Caterpillars, or a day,for thm 

 Flies $ therefore taking him out in your hand, you muft open his Bill with a ftick J^^jjf 

 made thin at one end, and holding it open, give him a gobbet about the bignefs of fo r wan°of e 

 a grey peafe : Then when he hath fwallowed that, open his Bill and give him ano- food than m 

 ther, till he hath had four or five fiich bits : Then fet him fome meat mingled with S or M ~ 

 ftore of Ants, that when he goes to pick up the Ants he may eat fome of the fheeps 

 heart and Eggs withit. At the firft you may fhred three or four meal-worms in his 

 meat, the better to entice him, that fb he may therewith eat fome of the fheeps heart 

 by little and little 5 atlaft when you perceive him to eat, give him the lefs Ants in his 

 meat, and at laft nothing but fheeps heart and Eggs. \_Olina makes no mention of 

 forcing meat down his throat, but only laying it by him in the Cage, and advifesto 

 tie or raftenfbme pieces of heart to Maggots and Caterpillars,to inure the bird to eat 

 flefh.] Our Author alfo, if thebirdbefullen, advifes to get fome Gentles or Maggots y 

 and take your pafte and roll it up in pieces like to little worms about half an inch long. 



