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A Belciax Canary 



orange, and even to brown) ; the cimiamon-colorcd 

 canary ; the \'ery handsome lizard, the body of 

 which is partly striped (this species is extremely 

 difficult to rear) ; and the Jllaiicficster, a giant 

 canary, which is sometimes eight inches long; 

 also J} considerable number of mongrels. 



Some of these canaries are hooded, that is to 

 say, the)' have on their heads a sort of cap of long 



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feathers. The English breeder has gone so far as 

 to raise certain orange-colored birds with black or 

 yellow caps, which, of course, fetch a high price. 

 As for the German canaries, and particularly 

 those of the llartz and of Saxony, they are not, 

 as we ha\e already said, distinguished by their 

 form or color, but by their musical talent. Some, 

 however, are extremely handsome, like the little 

 siL'alloi^' canaries, the wings of which are of a 

 different color from the head, the spotted, the 

 striped, and the albinos. The latter, like all 



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