. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .V//^ OWytra^ ^Xa^W^, c^.^y/^^ft ^&/. ryjy. 5^3. ^y/u! <I^i^/ut^u/.a/e,. .=£asci/uii ^/■&^^£^^tmz/^e/.Je/^. se. jys^- ( 49 )The Nightingale, Numb. LIU. NOtwithftandlng the particular Fancy of divers Perfons, for this or that Bird,which they efteem and prefer to all others, the Nightmgale, by the generality ofMankind, is ftill accounted the chief of all fingiwg Birds; he fends forth his plea-fant Notes with fo lavifli a Freedom, that he makes even the Woods to eccho withhis
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .V//^ OWytra^ ^Xa^W^, c^.^y/^^ft ^&/. ryjy. 5^3. ^y/u! <I^i^/ut^u/.a/e,. .=£asci/uii ^/■&^^£^^tmz/^e/.Je/^. se. jys^- ( 49 )The Nightingale, Numb. LIU. NOtwithftandlng the particular Fancy of divers Perfons, for this or that Bird,which they efteem and prefer to all others, the Nightmgale, by the generality ofMankind, is ftill accounted the chief of all fingiwg Birds; he fends forth his plea-fant Notes with fo lavifli a Freedom, that he makes even the Woods to eccho withhis melodious Voice; and this delightful Bird, fcorning to be outdone, will not yieldto any Competitor, either of Birds or Men; the Wood-Lark is his greateft Antagonift,between whom there fometimes happens fuch a Contention for Maftery, eachftriving to outvy the other, that like true bred Cocks, they feem refolved to dyerather than lofe the Vidlory; if the former carries it in Stoutnefs and Freenefs ofSong, fo does the latter in his pleafing Variety of foft warbling harmonious Notes,in which to my Fancy, none excels, or is equal to him. The Nightingale
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