THE SPARROW KIND. 



of these songs, but the second is in the most ge- 

 neral estimation. 



Canary-birds sometimes breed all the year 

 round; but they most usually begin to pair in 

 April, and to breed in June and August. Those 

 are said to be the best breeders that are produced 

 between the English and the French. 



Towards the latter end of March, a cock and 

 a hen should be put together in a small cage, 

 where they will peck at each other in the begin- 

 ning, but will soon become thoroughly reconcil- 

 ed. The room where they are kept to breed 

 should be so situated as to let the birds have the 

 benefit of the morning sun, and the windows 

 should be of wire, not glass, that they may enjoy 

 the benefit of the air. The floor of the room 

 should be kept clean, and sometimes there should 

 be dry gravel or sand sifted upon.it. There should 

 also be two windows, one at each end, and seve- 

 ral perches at proper distances for the birds to 

 settle on, as they fly backwards and forwards. 

 A tree in the middle of the room would be the 

 most convenient to divert the birds, and some- 

 times to serve for building their nests upon. 



In Germany they prepare a large room, and 

 build it in the manner of a barn, being much 

 longer than broad, with a square place at each 

 end, and several holes to go into those square 

 places. In those outlets they plant several sorts 

 of trees, in which the birds take great delight to 

 sing and breed. The bottom of the place they 

 strew with sand, and upon it cast rape-seed, chick- 

 weed, and groundsil, which the old birds feed 



