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VOU will know by their feeding one another ; 
which, when you fee they often do, you may 
turn them into your breeding place amongft the 
reft, and they will keep conftantly to each 
other, though amongft feven or eight pairs of 
other birds. 
In order to produce variety, or any particu- 
lar excellence of colour or form, the generality 
of breeders pair thus in cages by themfelves all 
the couples they intend to breed with, before 
they turn them into the breeding place ; but if 
any perfon does not care to be at that trouble, 
or is indifferent about the colour of the brood, 
they will match themfelves very well ; only 
in this cafe the chief pleafure of breeding is 
abandoned. 
What fort foever you breed with, be lure to 
choofe the largeft and longeft feathered birds of 
the fort you can get, and never to attempt 
breeding with a fickly bird, as it will turn out 
the certain lofs of a pair. If your cock or 
hen is but fmall, then match your fmall one 
with a larger; and obferve, that it is better 
the hen be the larger of the two, to cover well 
her eggs. 
A hen that has already bred is much better 
to breed with than , a hen of a year old ; be- 
caufe fuch old hen will fit clofer and furer, 
and feed her young much better (which is very 
