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THE CANARY BIRD. 



DESCRIPTION. 



The Canary bird is five inches in length, of which the tail 

 comprises two inches and a quarter; the beak is five lines 

 long, stout, sharply pointed, and whitish ; the legs are iiesh- 



CANARIE3 AND NEST. 



colored, and eight lines high. The female is scarcely to be 

 distinguished from the male, but the latter has generally deeper 

 and brighter colors ; the head is rather thicker ; the body, in 

 general, more slender throughout; and the temples and the 



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