72 The Canary. 



sway, showing unmistakably the high nobility of his 

 birth. Of a pure rich golden yellow, at times deep- 

 ening into orange, and wearing a long beautifully got- 

 up curly shirt frill all down his breast, he stands out 

 "inrivalled and conspicuous amongst all the rest for both 

 elegance of .. form and beauty of colour. We bestowed 

 on him, as was most due, the honorable and appro- 

 priate title of " Prince Charming," a name as appro- 

 priate as it is deserved, for a very charming fellow I 

 assure my readers he is. At the same time, we pro- 

 cured for him a fitting spouse, in the person of a high- 

 bred, elegant little lady, who accordingly assumed the 

 title of " The Charming Princess," whom he almost 

 immediately espoused, and with whom he has ever since 

 lived on the most affectionate and loving terms. We 

 hope their union may be blessed by as large and nume- 

 rous and as happy a family as that of our beloved 

 queen, and that the young princes and princesses which 

 may spring from Prince Charming and his charming 

 princess may not only do credit to their parents, but 

 hand down the race another generation with increasing 

 "beauty and honour to themselves. 



We had now only one bird without a mate, viz., our 

 old original maiden lady purchased to replace the one 

 that died first given to Judy by her granny. She had 

 been so long unwedded, and seemed so little disposed 

 to change her state of single blessedness, that we had 

 "well nigh left her to her fate. Indeed, she was gene- 

 rally considered as a confirmed spinster, and seemed 

 rather to pride herself in keeping aloof from all inter- 

 course with any of the gentlemen of her race. In fact, 



