7 6 Of Singing - Birds . '

morning, and go to the side of some Hills, whichlie to the rising of the Sun,where they most usuallyfrequent; and having sprung them, observe wherethey fall, then surround them two or three timeswith your Hauk upon your Fist, making of himhover when you come indifferent near, and theywill lie till you clap a little Net upon them, thatyou carry upon the end of a S'tick > or else ifthree or four of you go together, take a Net madeafter the manner of them used for Partridges, whenyou go with a Setting-Dog only, the Mealh must jbe sinaller ; let it be a Lark-Mealh, and then your )Hauk to the Lark is like a Setting-Dog to Partridges, j

so with such a Net you may take all the whole '

Company at one draught: In like manner you may i

take your Sky-Larks, but they seldom are abovetwo together ; but your Wood-Larks keep compa-ny with their young ones till flight-time, and thenthey part.

How to know which are best, the Bird taken in June,July, or August > or at Flighi-'time'i or inJanuary or Febtuary.

T He Birds taken iu June , July, or August sing '

presently, but last but a little time in Song, j

for they immediately fall to Moulting j which if j

they withstand, commonly prove very sweet Song- ;

Birds, but not so lavish as those that are taken in ■

Spring; they are commonly very familiar Birds, byreason they are taken young;' the Birds that are ta-ken at flight, are brave strong handsome sprightlystrait Birds, and do prove well at Spring, if theybe well kept all Winter ; if not, they will be louse

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