THE BIRDS OF AFRICA. 



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faculty for song, and is reported to have bred mules with 

 the canary. 



Male and female are alike. 



The principal food is white millet, to which millet in the 

 €ar and canary seed may be added. 



White-Throated Seed-Eater. — This bird has been re- 

 ferred to as the " wild canary," but it is more than doubtful 



Fig. 53. — Green Singing Finch. 



if it really represents the original of our domesticated 

 breeds. 



THE STARLINGS. 



This group is well represented in Africa; among its 

 members are the following : — 



