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fo that. near thirty varieties have been defcribed, 
‘Macha At Infpruck they are a little article of 
commerce, from that town they are fent to fee 
_nerally in England, for this purpofe they fhould 
nets filled with fine,hay, mofs, feathers, down, | 

6¢ + THE NATURAL HISTORY 
domefticated, and bred in confinement. Some 
are grey, upon a ground of yellowifh white, in 
_ others the plumage is of a brilliant yellow, in others 
again of a mealy colour, Some are diftinguifhed 
' by acreft, in others the eyes are red; amongtt 
‘thefe a number of other combinations take place, 


















Great numbers of thefe birds are im- 
ported every year from Germany, particularly 
from Tirol, and though the Germans who deal 
in them carry them a thoufand miles upon their 
backs, yet they are fold as low as five fhillings 
veral parts of Europe, and in confiderable num- 
bers to Conftantinople: They are bred very ge | 
~ be provided with a cheerful chamber, furnifhed 
with boxes, or little bufhes formed of twigs of 
birch, or heath, to build their nefts in; and little 
flax, and goat’s hair, fhould be hung in different | 
parts of the room ; it is very proper to have fewer 
males than females, that the male birds. may not 
difturb the females, which fometimes they are 
apt to eae and pap a to break their eggs. 
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