54 BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEXES. The male has 

 the primaries, or longest feathers of the wings, 

 white on the widest side of the feather, also white 

 feathers in the tail. The female is smaller in 

 size, and the wing-feathers are only slightly tip- 

 ped with white ; the same on the tail. 



LOCATION. Found throughout Europe Resi- 

 dent. 



CANARY FINCH. 



This well-known bird is among Finches what 

 the Gray Mocking Bird is among the Thrushes, 

 the great musical leader of the tribe. We may 

 go farther, and say that there is no bird of its 

 size known to naturalists which can compare 

 with the Canary Finch in the energy, fulness of 

 tone, and harmony of its notes. And it is cer- 

 tainly complimentary to the discernment of our 

 race in this instance, that the merits of this bird 

 seem to have been duly appreciated, for there is 

 hardly a spot on this wide earth, where civiliza- 

 tion has entered, but you will find domesticated 

 this sweet little vocalist. Originally, a native of 

 the Canary Islands (as its name imports) it was 



