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THE LINNET AND THE SISKIN 



He even forgets to make love and if perchance he 

 pairs with a canary, the ill-matched marriage generally 

 remains barren, and the eggs when hatched are found to 

 be empty. The siskin loses its faculty of reproduction in 

 bondage, and also like the linnet and the goldfinch its 

 bright tinted plumage. 



