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Frontispiece

A

Natural History

OF

English SONG-BIRDS,

AND

Such of the Foreign as are ufually brought
over and esteem'd for their Singing.

To which are added,

Figures of the COCK, HEN, and Egg of
each Species, exactly copied from Nature,

By Mr. ELEAZAR ALBIN,
And curiously engraven on Copper.

ALSO

A particular Account how to order the
CANARY-BIRDS in Breeding; likewife their
Difeafes and Cure.

The THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for C. WARE, at the Bible and Sun, on
Ludgate-Hill. M.DCC.LIX.

Price 2s. 6d. Plain, 7 s. 6 d. Coloured.

OLGAN

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LIBRARY

TO THE

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INGING Birds are so pleasant a Part of the Creation; whether we confider their Variety, Beauty, or Harmony; that the Animal World does not afford more agreeable Objects to the Eyes, nor none that fo Sweetly gratifies the Senfe of Hearing: They were, undoubtedly, defigned by the great Author of Nature, on Purpofe to entertain and delight Mankind, who, for the Generality, are well pleafed with thefe pretty innocent Creatures.

Therefore I thought I could not do a more acceptable Service for the Lovers of thefe fweet Choristers of the Woods, confidering that it had never been yet done, I mean with fuch useful Improvements, than to furnish them with Inftructions for preferving them in their Houses, because they cannot always be entertained with their melodious Mufick in the Fields.

To which End, in a concife, methodical Manner, I have given the Defcription, Character, &c. of

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