140 PAINTED BUNTING. 



certainly produqe, if mated with a dark- 

 yellow hen Canary, mules of singular 

 beauty. 



The male is of a vermilion-red, with 

 the head and back of the neck of a rich 

 blue, the back of a golden-green, wings of 

 a clouded-red, and the tail greenish, ap- 

 proaching to brown. The female slightly 

 resembles the hen Indigo; but contains 

 more yellow in her plumage. 



The Nonpareil may be kept in confine- 

 ment on precisely the same food as the 

 Canary, with the exception of a little 

 unhulled or rough rice, of which he is 

 very fond, and which should be soaked 

 twelve hours before he receives it. 



He is extremely sensitive, riot being 

 able to endure the slightest cold. These 

 birds may be occasionally obtained at the 

 various fanciers. 



