THE CANARY BIRD. 



Synonymes. 



Fringilla canarta, ....... OF ORNITHOLOOISTS. 



Serin de Canarie, OF THE FRENCH. 



Canarienvogel, OF THE GKRMANS. 



P, . I OF TUB SPANIARDS 



Canano ' j AND PORTUGUESE. 



Canarino, OF THE ITALIANS. 



Omar, Bird, Canary, 



HE Canary bird, from its beautiful plumage, elegant 

 shape, singular capacity, and attractive familiarity, as 

 well as from the charms and melodies with which it 

 enlivens our rooms, has always been agreeable to the fancier, 

 arid may, emphatically be called the real " cage bird." Some 

 of them we find melancholy, others cheerful ; sorthi angry, 

 others peaceful ; some intelligent, others dull ; soim. indus- 

 trious, others idle; some greedy, others frugal. But the/ have? 

 chiefly made themselves beloved by their animated, p.:rverfjU 

 and varied song, which lasts almost throughout tr/3 v'lols 

 1 year, and with some even during the time of moulting. 



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