84 ^ Natural Hiffory of 



called, becaufe it comes to them in Barley- 

 Seed Time. 



Of the Canary-Bird j 



The Defer f lion and CharaBer. 



THIS Bird has its Name from Canartu^ 

 an I/land of the Atlantick Sea ; one of 

 thofe which the Antients, for the excellent 

 Temperature of the Air, called fortunate ; 

 all thole I/Iands which they io named, bet- 

 ing now called the Canaries : From whence 

 thefe Birds were firft brought into Europe^ and 

 from no other Place : But now they are bred 

 in Germany y France and England y and each of 

 thofe Countries have improved the Breed ; 

 for what are there produced, exceed the 

 Birds brought from their Original natural 

 Climate, both in Beauty and Song; among 

 which ihc Englifh bred Birds are not inferiour 

 to the beft, being of a more hardy Nature, 

 and better for Breeding than thofe of any o^ 

 thcr Country, and as good in Song. 



The Cock of this Kind hath a very fweet 

 ^nd fhrill Note, which, at one Breath, con- 

 tinued a long Time without Intermiffion ; 

 it can draw out Ibmetimes in Length, fome- 



times 



