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per fide of his body is black, mixed with a 
dirf^'-i'cd, and the breaft is black. 
Foorl . — When taken, feed them, at twelve 
days old, with minced frefli meat and bread, 
or woodlark’s meat. When brought up, give 
them hemp and Canary. If drooping, mix 
it with a little oatmeal. 
STAR LING. Having deferibed the ftar- 
ling in page 140 of this volume, we have 
only to obferve that their food is the lame as 
that of the blackbird, or woodlark. 
THRUSH or THROSTLE. The thrufli 
has a great variety of notes, and fmgs nine 
months in the year. The feathers of the 
coek differ from thofe of the hen, in beauty, 
fleeknefsand brilliancy. 
Fooi^.— When full grown, feed them with 
frelli meat, raw or drelfed, with bread. This 
agrees bell with them, though they may be 
brought to feed entirely on bread or hemp- 
feed. They lliould have a frefli pan of wa- 
ter twice a week. When cramped, put fern 
or clean llraw on the bottom of the cage, and 
feed them, as they lie, with nightingales 
meat. 
TITLARK. This bird is handfonicly 
fliapcd, and excelled by very few. It has no 
remarkable fong, ualefs the cock is paiticu 
larly excellent, when it will fing like a Ca- 
narv bird. The neliling cock has more yel- 
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