Ornithological and Other Oddities 



his choosing ; yet, in a similar case, the linnet 

 shows more tenderness of heart, for he will not 

 usually bear transference from one hen canary 

 to another, often pining to death when this is 

 attempted. This is, indeed, in keeping with 

 the linnet's gentle nature, for it is one of the 

 most sociable of our finches. The truth soon 

 impresses itself on any one who studies the inner 

 life of birds, that species, like nations, have their 

 own particular moral nature, subject similarly to 

 individual exceptions ; and nothing brings this 

 out more strongly than observations on birds 

 when under the influence of love. 



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