A 
DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT 
O ,F 
VAllIOUS SONG BIRDS; 
With Practical Instructions for chufmg, breed- 
ing, feeding, and teaching them to fing. 
BERDIVINE. — ^This bird refembles, in 
U'ie and colour, the grey canary. The cock 
is diftinguiflied by a black fpot on bis head,, 
and a little black under the throat ; the hen 
is greyer, with a fjjotted breaft and belly.. 
They are both familiar, and ealily taken. 
Food . — They love white feed; but are. 
Oiollly fed as linnets and goldfinches. 
BLACKBIRD.^For the defcription, fee 
P- 139- 
Food . — When young, feed them every two- 
hours with frefli lean meat, minced very fraall, 
and mixed with bread, a little moiftened. 
When older, they may be fed with any. raw, 
or drefl’ed meat, if not ftale or four. They 
fliould have water to walb -ittl prune tbei? 
