NATURAL HISTORY. 'i-1 } 
low, efpecially under the thi'oat, legs, and 
foies of the feet, than the hen. 
TOM-TIT, othcrwife Joe Bent, is a very 
pleafing bird, and has a pretty fong. 
food . — ^They will thrive with bread and 
chcefe, and, when grown up, with hemp-feed. 
But they relifli the wood-lark’s food the 
beft. 
TWITE. This bird; which is fuppofed 
to be a native of Germany, vilits England 
in winter. It is very briflc, and always Ting- 
ing. It is gentle, familiar, and is hung 
among other birds, to pi'ovoke them to fing. 
The cock is known by a red fpot on the 
rump. 
Food . — Rape and. Canary: but they like 
the latter ’oeft. 
WOODLARK.. The woodlark is cflecm- 
ecl the beft fong-bird in Great-Britain. It 
fings nine months in the year. The cock is 
known by its file and fong. 
Food . — Hard egg, chopped and minced, 
with crumbs of bread, a little hemp and 
maw-feed. One egg is enough for fix larks. 
Give them fometimes minced meat, as other 
birds, but no turf in their cage. 
WREN. This is the fmalleft of fong- 
birds, being about four inches long, from 
the top of the bill to the end of the tail. It 
has. 
