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Title: A natural history of English song-birds : and such of the foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their singing : to which are added, figures of the cock, hen and egg, of each species, exactly copied from nature
Year: 1737 (1730s)
Authors: Albin, Eleazar Albin, Eleazar
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Publisher: Cambridge : British Antarctic Survey Printed and sold by A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch in Pater-noster-Row, and S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane
Contributing Library: Field Museum of Natural History
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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louc theBeginning of 5 4 ^ Natursl Hijlory of of Sepfemher. Before his going away, he isapt to grow fat like the Nightingale: He is ahardy Bird, and long-lived ^ if preferved withCare, not fubjefts to Colds or Cramps. : 7*he Marks of the Cock and Hen. IN this kind the Cock is all over moreYellow than the Hen, but efpecially un-der the Throat, on the Breaft, Legs, andS^uls of the Feet. In Neftlings, they cantwell be diftinguifhed by their Colours, there-fore muft wait till you hear them begin toRecord their Song, which is the fureft Signof a Cock-bird. Of their Nef, &:c. THEY build amongft Grafs, or in theCorn Fields; her Neft is fmall, pret-ty much like the Wood-larks: She lays five orfix Eggs of a dark Brown-colour; and hasyoung Ones fit to take towards the End ofMay. They may be brought up with the fameMeat and Management as young Wood-larksor Nlghtwgales : But I think it hardly worththeTrouble, becaufe fo many are taken, whenthey fir ft come to vifit our Part of the World, both
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(7l(r/rirL-.^.ed-^H7-taj^t, lock^, 6^er/z,a7i£o^^ Eiiglifli Singing-Birds. ^j both with Clap-nets, and Lime-Twigs; astheiy catch Linnets^ Gold-Jinches^ &c. whenyou firft take them, tie the ends of theirWings with Thread, to prevent their flutter-ing and beating themfelves againft the Cage;and they will foon grow tame. Feed themas you do the Wood or Skk-lark: At firft givethem Hemp-feed and Bread, made very fineand mixed together; likewife Ants Mould intheir Cage, Meal-worms, &c. ftrew theirViduals about their Cage to allure them toeat; and in three or four Days they will takeit freely enough; and will fing in about aWeeks Time. Cage them fingle, in a Cagefomething clofer than the common Pfocd-larks. Of the Robin-Red-Breaft^ The Vefcriptim and Chara^ei\ THIS Bird denominated from its Red-Breaft, is fo well known in almoft allCountries, that it needs no long Delcription.It is by many Perlbns efteemed little inferiourto the Ntghtifjgak; the Cock has a fweet me-lodious Song, fo f

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