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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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/Beautiful ast^be Gock, be«iDg ffio«e ^rown^ with, a Tinfture of Red:Thefe iipg >ybea ji) C^ge.^, as wdl as:rtheCock^, and ^re broutgfe,^ oye^ with them. . Its Strength with its Bill is Surprizing, it beingable to crack the Stones of Almonds, Olives,zndhdianlMZy very e;Kpediiioufly, the Ker-nels of which it is very fond of. In Ef7glandthey bring^ it 119 feed f:ipon Kfemp, or Canary-leeds; r it wiir eat alfo the Wood-larks^ orNighthigales Food. There are Perfons withus that highly Valuetficfe Birds, which makesthem Ibmetimes fell at a great Price. I haveheard of thofe that have attempted to breedthem in England^ but made little of it. Ifyour Bird Ihould be lick, a Spider or Meal-worm will relieve hiin. , Of the Yellow-Hammer y ^ The Vefcription and Chara&er. IT is equal to the Chaffimh in Bignefs: BothCock and Hen are beautiful Birds; andthe Cock will fing very prettily, when in theFields, but is not kept very common in aCage; yet he is no contemptable Bird; be=-^ ^- ■ fid?^
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yMy7V<-har/t?7ia^rfo ch. r7€en, Englifli Singing-Birds. j^ fides his Song, his fine Feathers are enoughto recommend him: A lovely Yellow adornshis Head, Throat, Breaft, and Belly; hisBack and Wings are pretty much like theLinnets. The Hen is of a Paler-colour all overher Body, and the Parts that are of a fineYellow in the Cock, in the-Meni ^^U ($ %dirty Green. • Thefe Birds build upon the Ground, at theSide of a River, Pond, orBroofc; they makea large flat, ordinary Nell;; with Mofs, drydRoots of Grafs, Weeds, 6*^. with Horfe Hairintermixed, more of the latter than I everobferved any other Bird to make Ufe of Shelays fix or feven white Eggs, yained andfpotted with Black. Her young Qnes ai\eufually fit to take by the Beginning of My;you may let them be ten or twelve Days oldbef3re you take them. Feed them with FlefhMeat minced very fine, as you prepare itfor other fmall Birds; or you may bringthem up with the T^//*, or //W-/(^rfe*j Meat;they will eat likewife Worms cut in fmaliP

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