30 THE CANARY BIRD. 



tamed by being hung very low, and kept in 

 a room where you constandy Uve, that they 

 may become famihar. 



Generally the hen Canary is paired with 

 the cock goldfinch, or linnet; but I prefer 

 breeding from a cock Canary with the hen 

 goldfinch, or linnet ; as the young are usually 

 handsomer, following the color of the cock, 

 and inheriting his song. The young differ 

 very much in beauty ; some are very plain, 

 resembling the wild bird, while others are 

 very beautifully i?iarked, or pied, and some 

 few are perfectly white, these two latter de- 

 scriptions fetch an exorbitant price. The 

 linnet mules are the best for song, but gene- 

 rally plain in their plumage. 



It is very difficult to induce a Canary to 

 pair with a bullfinch, as he, in the pairing 

 time, opens his mouth so wide as to frighten 

 her; but it has been accomplished where 

 they have been kept a considerable time 

 together. • 



To breed fine mules, take a cock Canary, 

 two years old, of rich color, which has never 

 been paired ; for if they had been previously 

 paired with a Canary, they will not readily 

 match with any other bird, and particularly 

 with a bird of a different color. The hen 

 goldfinch should have been brought up by 

 hand, or from the nest; or should at any 

 rate, have been taken some time, so that she 

 may be used to live on rape and canary, and 

 with hardly any hemp, or now and then a 

 little, for reasons before mentioned. If you 



