CANARIES. 



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lated "tweet, tweet, tweet " of the Chaffinch is exceedingly pleasant 

 to hear ; but its monotony is apt to fatigue, for its eternal refrain 



J, ji—iueLl ihai.b (I I mjd a, Qmnn) 



makes it seem an affectation of gaiety, whence probably the French 

 proverb, Gai covime un pinson. 



The Canaries {Fringilla canaria, Linn.), are only known by ns 



rig. 232.— Canaries (C'arrf!«rfis canaria, Wood). 



as cage-birds, where they are recognised by their yellow plumage, 

 more or less varied with green, although the facility with which 



