8 CONTENTS. 



SECT. VIII. On the teaching Canaries an artificial sys- 

 tem of song 61 



SECT. IX. On the necessary treatment for sullen and 

 savage male-birds 65 



SECT. X. General remarks upon breeding birds. . . 77 



SECT. XL On the most prevalent diseases which attack 

 Canaries, and the modes of prevention and cure. . . 85 



SECT. XII. On the various methods of the breeding 

 "mule-birds," and their general management. . . 98 



CHAP. III. DOMINICAN GROSBEAK. Fringilla cardina- 

 lis 108 



CHAP. IV. "\VHIDAH-BIRD. Fringilla whida. . .110 

 CHAP. V. JAVA SPARROW. Fringilla . . . .113 



CHAP. VI. WHITE-HEADED GROSBEAK. Fringilla leuco- 

 ceyhala 115 



CHAP. VII. AVERDIVINE. Fringilla aver -divina. . . 116 



CHAP. VIII. ENGLISH GREY OR BROWN LINNET. Frin- 

 gilla linaria 117 



CHAP. IX. ENGLISH GREEN-FINCH, OR GREEN LINNET. 

 Fringilla Moris 119 



CHAP. X. ENGLISH GOLD-FINCH. Fringilla carduelis. . 121 



PART II. 



LARKS. Alauda. 

 CHAP. I. ENGLISH SKY-LARK. Alauda arvensis. . . 123 



CHAP. II. ENGLISH WOOD-LARK. Alauda arborea. . 126 



PART III. 



BULL-FINCHES. Pyrrhula. 

 CHAP. I. BULL-FINCH. Pyrrhula vulgaris. . . .128 



