THE LINNET. 



HYBRID ITY. 



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IT is common for a male linnet to pair with a hen Canary, 

 and hybrids produced by this means are easily reared, and 

 can scarcely be distinguished from other grey Canaries, either 

 from their appearance or song. 



FOOD AND MANAGEMENT. 



IN confinement, linnets require nothing but summer cabbage 

 seed,* which does not require to be soaked, as they are na- 

 turally seed-eating birds, having a powerful crop and stomach, 

 and can therefore better digest it. Hemp seed, they must not 

 have at all. They must not be too well fed in the cage ; for, 

 taking little exercise, they would soon die from over-feeding. 



Winter cabbage seed, which does not injure them at liberty, soon kills them In 

 confinement. 



