readily; when they will be very tame and familiar; 
and any birds of this tribe may be reared from the nest 
in the same manner. 
The method that I practise in breeding them up, is to 
let the young birds be nearly fledged ; I then place the 
nest in a little basket with covers, nearly filled with 
moss, which keeps them warm ; and I feed them with 
moist bread and bruised hemp-seed mixed together, and 
small bits of raw meat mixed with it ; I also give them 
a little bread and milk, and the yolk of an egg boiled 
hard, not forgetting to let a drop or two of water fall 
into their mouths occasionally ; they require to be fed 
several times a day, giving them as much as they will 
take at each time ; they must also be kept clean ; for 
if allowed to get dirty, they will not succeed ; as soon 
as they are fed, the covers of the basket must be shut 
down, and they will in a few days learn to peck, and 
feed themselves ; but they will peck at living insects 
before they will learn to eat the other sorts of food : 
when they are properly fledged, a little fine gravel 
should be mixed with their food, as this turns to lime, 
and hardens their bones, and keeps them from being 
cramped. 
The first notice we have of this bird as a native of 
England, is by Mr. T. Lamb, in the second volume of 
the Linnean Transactions above quoted, and I have 
known it as long as I have known any thing about birds, 
it being plentiful in the woods of R. Bright, Esq. of 
Hamgreen, near Bristol, where it was known when I 
was a boy, by the name of the Shaking-bird of the 
Wood , from its singular note, which sounds as if it was 
shaking as it utters it, and which it really is, as may be 
readily seen by any person who will take the trouble 
to notice it. I have adopted Montagu’s name for this 
species, as I believe it has the right of priority. 
In my opinion, the present species is as well worth 
keeping in a cage or aviary, as any one of the genus, as 
it is an elegant bird, and has a pleasant and singular 
song ; it feeds readily on the bruised hemp-seed and 
bread, and a little raw lean meat mixed with it, also 
bread and milk ; but it is most partial to the yolk of 
an egg, boiled hard and crumbled ; it is also very fond 
of flies, small moths, caterpillars, the different sorts of 
aphis, and many other insects. 
