BULLFINCH. 



sooner or later blinds them, and always brings on 

 decline. A little green food, such as lettuce, 

 endive, chickweed, watercresses, a little apple, 

 particularly the kernels, the berries of the service, 

 tree, and the like, is agreeable and salutary to 

 them. 



Although the song of the male and female Bull- 

 finch in their wild state is very harsh and dis- 

 agreeable, yet if well taught while young, as they 

 are in Germany, they learn to whistle all kinds of 

 airs and melodies with so soft and flute-like a tone, 

 that they are great favourites with amateurs. There 

 are some of these little birds which can whistle 

 distinctly three different airs, without spoiling or 

 confusing them in the least. Added to this 

 attraction, the Bullfinch becomes exceedingly tame, 

 sings whenever it is told to do so, and is suscepti- 

 ble of a most tender and lasting attachment, which 

 it shows by its endearing actions. 



