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CAGE AND SINGING BIKDS. 
THE PARADISE GROSBEAK 
Is a bird nearly six inches in lengthy with flesh-coloured 
beak and feet, red head and chin, and the rest of the body 
brown and gray, spotted and barred with black and white. 
The male and female are alike. This species has a feeble 
song, which it utters throughout the year ; it has been in- 
duced to breed in the English aviary. Millet and rape, 
with a little hemp-seed occasionally, is the best food 
for it. 
THE GRENADIER GROSBEAK 
Is about the size of a sparrow, with dull flesh-coloured feet, 
and a black beak ; the throat, neck, and upper parts of the 
breast, as well as the rump, vent, and tail, are crimson ; the 
wings dark brown, or dark gray, with reddish white shafts ; 
nearly all the rest of the body is a rich velvety black ; the 
upper part of the neck has a swollen appearance, the feathers 
there lying more loosely than elsewhere: these birds are 
most beautiful while moulting. The female is chiefly brown 
and gray, much resembling the hen sparrow, and in a wild 
state, after the pairing season is over, the male becomes like 
her ; in July he resumes his crimson and black attire. These 
birds are common at the Cape of Good Hope ; they have a 
weak song like that of the siskin ; they should be kept in a 
small cage, and fed on canary-seed. 
THE DOMINICAN GROSBEAK 
Is about the size of a lark, and,^omes from Brazil ; its only 
utterance is an occasional harsh cry : the head, throat, and 
upper part of the neck are of a bluish tint, and black and 
white, more or less intermixed, prevail throughout the 
plumage, the only exception being the lower mandible, 
which is flesh-coloured. It should be treated as the last 
species. 
THE CAPE GROSBEAK 
Is a handsome bird, about the size of a bullfinch, with a 
wedge-shaped tail of a velvety black, which is also the 
colour of the head, the neck, the top of the back, and the 
whole under part of the body, being thus beautifully 
