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CANARY-BIRD. 
Dsfiription and CharaBer. 
r"|pHIS bird has its name from thole iflands 
I of the Atlantic fea, called the Canaries, 
from whence it was firft brought into Europe. 
Canary-Birds are bred in large quantities, boiii 
for fale and amufenrent, in Germany, France, 
and England ; and in each of thole countries 
they have, by care, much improved the breed, 
beyond thofe now imported from the natur.d 
climate. They are of different colours, yellow, 
white, buti, gray, and green, with endicfs va- 
riety of combination arifmg from the different 
{hades of colour in the parent birds. Thofe 
brought from Germany are generally variegated 
or mottled, and are the lead valued, becaufe 
the fuffocating heat of the doves, generally 
riled to warm the houles in tnat country, ren- 
ders the birds bred there tender and fhort-lived : 
German birds feldom living above a year or two 
in this country. 
The cock of this kind is highly valued for 
its linging, having a very lweet note, which it 
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