CrassIl. CANARY BIRD. 
Thefe birds take their name from their note, 
which has no mufic in it: it is a familiar bird, and 
more eafily tamed than the common Janet. 
We believe it breeds only in the Northern parts 
of our ifland. 4 : 
Here it may not be improper, to mention the Ca- 
nary bird*, which is of the finch tribe. Jt was ori- 
ginally peculiar to thofe ifles, to which it owes 
its name; the fame that were known to the antients 
by the addition of the fortunate. The happy tem- 
perament of the air, the fpontaneous productions 
of the ground in the varieties of fruits; the 
fprightly and chearful difpofition of the inhabi- 
tants}; and the harmony arifing from the num- 
ber of the birds found there}, procured them that 
romantic diftinGtion. Though the antients celebrate 
the ifle of Canaria for the multitude of birds, they. 
have not mentioned any in particular. It is pro- 
* Wil. orn. 262. Raii fyn. av. gt. Vide Serin des Cana- 
ries. Briffon av. III. 184. Fringilla Canaria. Lin. ff. 321. 
+ Fortunate infule abundant fua fponte genitis, et Jubinde 
aliis fuper aliis innafcentibus nihil Jolicitos alunt; beatius quam 
alia urbes exculta. Mela de fit. orb. WN. 17. He then relates 
the vaft flow of mirth among this happy people, by a figura- 
tive fort of expreffion, that alludes to their tempering difcre- 
tion with their jollity, and never fuffering it to exceed the 
bounds of prudence. ‘This he delivers under the notion of 
two fountains found among them, alterum qui guftavere rifu 
Jolvuntur in mortem ; ita affe@is remedium eft ex altero bibere. 
I Omnes copia pomorum, et avium omnes generis abundant, 
&c, Plan. lib. VI. C. 32. 
A.a2z bable 
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