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strength to enable them to pass through 

 its apparent severity, are the mealy, splash- 

 ed or green Canaries, who are always 

 more powerful than the dark yellows or 

 jongues, these being the weakest, although 

 the handsomest of their race. You must 

 never attempt to teach more than one in 

 the same apartment, as they will always, 

 after your departure, practise upon the air 

 they have heard, and are sure to lead each 

 other into a wrong conception of the tune. 

 This is an evil which it is almost impossi- 

 ble, or at least very difficult and trouble- 

 some, to rectify. 



SECT. IX. On the necessary treatment for 

 sullen and savage male-birds. 



It is a frequent occurrence to the bird- 

 fancier who attends largely to the propa- 

 gation of the Canary, to find in his aviary 

 occasionally some sullen, unsociable and 

 unmanageable cock-birds. These are 

 readily distinguished by their different 



