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CANARY-BIRD. 
together, eight or ten pair are enough for a 
middling room. 
When your birds are hr ft paired, as I direct- 
ed before, turn them into this room ; where 
they will live, as it were, a conjugal life ; and 
norwithilanding there are feveral other birds in 
the fame room, one cock and one hen, as they 
firft coupled together, will keep conftant to 
each other, and both concur and affift in fitting 
and feeding their young : for the cock-bird takes 
his turn in building the neft, fitting upon the 
eggs, and feeding the young, as well as the 
hen, 
Oj- their Nejl, and how to order the Young. 
"i ou mu ft furnifh the birds with fluff for 
making their neft ; fucli as fine hay, elk’s hair, 
and niols: but give them no wool or cotton; for 
their feet are apt to tangle in it, fo that when 
they get off the neft, they are in danger of drag- 
ging it out. after them. Let all thefe materials 
be thoroughly dry ; then mix and tie them up 
together in a net, or put them in a rack,- fo 
that the birds may ealily pull it out as they 
want it ; and let it be hung in proper places in 
the room for that purpofe. 
They build a pretty neat neft, about which 
they will fometimes be fo induftrious, as to be- 
gin and finifh it in one day, though they are 
