XXI.

Singing-Birds. Oscines.

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The _Nightingal_, 1. singeth the sweetlyest of all. _Luscinia_ (_Philomela_), 1. cantat suavissime omnium.

The _Lark_, 2. singeth as she flyeth in the Air. _Alauda_, 2. cantillat volitans in aere;

The _Quail_, 3. sitting on the ground; _Coturnix_, 3. sedens humi;

others on the boughs of trees, 4. as the _Canary-bird_, the _Chaffinch_, the _Goldfinch_, Cæteræ, in ramis arborum, 4. ut _Luteola_ peregrina. _Fringilla_, _Carduelis_, the _Siskin_, the _Linnet_, the little _Titmouse_, the _Wood-wall_, the _Robin-red-breast_, the _Hedge-sparrow_, &c. _Acanthis_, _Linaria_, parvus _Parus_, _Galgulus_, _Rubecula_, _Curruca_, &c.

The party colour’d _Parret_, 5. the _Black-bird_, 6. the _Stare_, 7. with the _Mag-pie_ and the _Jay_, learn to frame men’s words. Discolor _Psittacus_, 5. _Merula_, 6. _Sturnus_, 7. cum _Pica_, & _Monedula_, discunt humanas voces formare

A great many are wont to be shut in _Cages_, 8. Pleræque solent includi _Caveis_, 8.