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would wreck it, if they were not strictly watched and checked when 

 about to indulge their mischievous propensities. 



Canary seed, hemp, maize, fruit and bread or biscuit moistened in 

 water, will keep one of these birds in health for years. They are fairly 

 hardy, and might, probably, to keep successfully all the year round in 

 an out-door avairy; but upon this point the writer is without information. 



