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t.ed with thread .to prevent their’ beating them, 
leaves againft the cage. It fhould he firft buna 
m a P rivate P lace > that he may not be difturY 
cd, and he fhould be fed every two hours at 
far the ft, with (beep’s heart and egg minced very 
fine, mixing it with meal-worms: however, his 
firft food mufl be worms, ants, caterpillars, or 
mes : You muft take the bird in your hand, and 
open his bill with a flick made thick at one end, 
giving him the infects, or four or five bits of 
food as big as peas ; to entice him to eat, his 
common food fhould be mixed with ants, f 0 
that when he goes to pick the ants, he may 
pick up feme of that with it. 
