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EVERAL different species of tlie 

 ,^ bullfinch are found on the conti- 

 nent of Europe. But the African 

 and Asiatic species are more musical 

 than any others, I believe. The picture 

 here introduced represents one of the 

 Asiatic species. The upper figure is the male, 

 the lower one the female. 



Buffon asserts that bullfinches have been 

 known to escape from the house where they 

 had been living in a domestic state, and be at 

 liberty in the woods for a whole year; after 

 which, hearing the voice of the beloved master 

 who reared them, they would return, and never 

 leave their master again. Others, when forced 

 to leave a favorite master, have been known to 

 die of grief. 



They do not easily forget an injury. One 



