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lightful melody ; while the former are brought up for 

 their peculiar shape, length, and beautiful color, to please 

 the eye. 



A perfect bird of the long breed brings a much high- 

 er price than the German canary, they being so much 

 more difficult to breed ; this leads a number of persons, 

 ignorant of the fact, to suppose they must consequently 

 be much better singers ; but this is not the fact — the 

 song of this bird is much inferior to the other ; and 

 persons can easily perceive it by referring to the history 

 of both birds, as already given in this little book.* The 

 treatment of this bird is the same as that of the com- 

 mon canary. 



* It is quite an interesting item in the history of the long- 

 breed canary, how a7't has rivaled nature in producing this 

 peculiar shape and size, so different from the original ; and 

 this it is that causes the amateur to follow up the trouble 

 consequent on rearing these birds ; but a number of persons, 

 on the other hand, do it for the sake of traffic. 



