THE TAME CANARY. 



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tore the nest to pieces with her beak, and scattered it about. Then she set 

 to work, and made it over again. 



The tame canary is ahvays a captive, but a happy one. It has never 



known hberty, and does not therefore regret the loss of it. It is very 

 affectionate, and becomes so famihar that it will hop about the table, and 

 perch on its mistress's shoulder. 



It lives a long time. One that was hatched in a cage, lived with the 

 same mistress twenty-six years. 



