THE CANARY BIRD. 



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Tame Canary Bird. 



Wild Canary Birds. 



The Canary Bird, originally brought from the Canary Islands, is well known, having been long domes- 

 ticated in almost every country. In its native groves, its plumage is a dusky grey, but with us has all 

 the variety of color usual among domestic fowls; some are white, some mottled, some beautifully shaded 

 with green, but the most common is a yellowish white. It has a high, piercing pipe; dwelling upon the 

 same note for some time in one breath, then rising higher and higher by degrees, it passes through a variety 

 of modulations. Buffon eloquently remarks, " if the nightingale be the chantress of the woods, the Canary 

 is the musician of the chamber : the first owes all to nature, the second something to art. With less strength 

 of organ, less compass of voice, and less variety of note, the Canary has a better ear, greater facility of 



imitation, and a more retentive memory. Its education is 

 easy : we rear it with pleasure, because we ars able to in- 

 struct it. It leaves the melody of its own natural note to 

 listen to our voices and instruments. 



Black Cap. 



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