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but the translator says at page 186, — " The notes 

 of the wild Chaff Finches in this country are finer 

 than any cage ones I have heard in Germany." It 

 would be a good speculation to export a few, we 

 think, by way of experiment, and we recommend 

 the trial to some enterprising individual, who might 

 thus soon set up as a dairy farmer. 



The translation of this interesting work is very 

 creditably performed, and the notes appended very 

 judiciously selected. We shall subjoin one by way 

 of specimen. The Author in his history of the 

 Crested Tit fParus cristafris, Aldr.) says: — "In 

 the house they require the same treatment as the 

 Blue Tit, and even greater attention ; they can rarely 

 be tamed when taken full grown." Note by the 

 Translator. — " I have, however, seen one old Crested 

 Tit that was tamed as easily as any other bird. 

 After passing the winter in a cage it refused its liber- 

 ty in the spring. It was then placed in the garden 

 near the house, where it remained till evening, hav- 

 ing hopped about all day, uttering restless, anxious 

 cries. Its mistress, fearing some accident befalling 

 it during the night, held the cage towards it, into 

 which it instantly jumped with pleasure. Since 

 then it has been allowed to range three adjoining 

 rooms. It is always lively, coming when its mistress 

 calls, and perching on her finger, and seeking in 

 her half-closed hand the flies she may have there. 

 It made a nest in the window curtain, into which it 

 would glide secretly in the evening-, but would 



