
OF BIRD S. Se 
ae “Ai All Nightingales do not fing equal y well, there 
| are many that connoifieurs will not keep ; they. 
| oC too that the Nightingales in fome coun- 
tries, and even. in fome provinces, fing piesa 
than | in others. 
An England a Nightingale from Sire ts rigs a 
‘to ‘be fuperior to a Nightingale of Middlefex, 
Which | ig the next county. ; 
Indeed itis afferted, that there is as great a 
; iference i in the fong of birds of different coun- 
‘ties, as in ‘different dialects, | 
‘Tt is poffible that a Nightingale may bie im- 
proved his fong, by hearing other birds; in that 
‘cafe he will teach his fong to his young; for . 
‘every Nightingale is mutfic mafter to his little 
nes; and {uch accidents, in many generations, 
y produce confiderable effects, 











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Female Nightingales have been known to fi ings 
et their fong is inferior to that of the male. 
An attempt has been made to write the notes 
} . a Nightingale, and afterwards to play them on 
 aninftrument, but without effe@. Their fong 
“hae been much better imitated by the human or- 
4 -gans, Some time fince, a man in. London fuce 
| _ ceeded in his imitation fo'well, as to make Ni oht= 
: ingales perch upon him, and fuffer themfelves to 
inn taken by his hand. 

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