26 CANARY-BIRD. 



SECT. II. Of the most suitable season for 

 pairing Canaries, and the best situations 

 for breeding them. 



The most suitable season for pairing 

 the Canary, commences, in this section of 

 country, in the latter end of February, 

 and from then until the last of March; 

 though they will succeed tolerably well if 

 placed together as late as the middle of 

 April. The former time should however 

 be preferred; the first brood invariably 

 producing the finest songsters, as well as 

 the strongest and hardiest birds. The 

 time may, however, depend upon the sea- 

 son's being favourable, or otherwise. If 

 the latter, it would be advisable to delay 

 their coupling until the weather becomes 

 more genial, for when the frosts are gradu- 

 ally disappearing and the sun begins to 

 shed its warm and enlivening rays, the 

 birds may be placed together, without any 

 fears as to a fatal result, which nearly 



