Ornithological and Other Oddities 



jects, and in any case they are better for the 

 present purpose than our corresponding English 

 birds. 



Britons never will be slaves, and British birds 

 do not usually bear captivity so well as foreign 

 ones, while their colours and habits are less 

 attractive ; so that bird-lovers who have once 

 kept foreigners usually prefer to see their 

 country's birds at liberty, an enjoyment for 

 which our parks give yearly increasing oppor- 

 tunities. 



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