CANARY-BIRD. 
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^rernable, that they will allow themfelves nei- 
ther to be touched nor carefied ; they mull be 
left at liberty, and cannot be treated like the 
others : if they are meddled with in the leaft 
they will not breed, their eggs muft not be 
touched or taken away ; and they will not hatch 
if they are not buffered to pair and build as 
they pleafe. Laftly, there are fome of an in- 
dolent dilpofition ; fuch, for example, are the 
grey ones ; thefe never build, and the perfon 
that attends them muft make a neft for them. 
All thefe tempers are very diftinct and very 
different from that of our favourite Canary- 
Birds, which are always gay, always linging, 
tame, agreeable, good mates, attentive fathers, 
and of fo gentle a difpofttion and fo happy a 
temper, that they are mfceptible of every good 
impreftion, and endowed with the beft inclina- 
tions : they charm inceffantly the hen with their 
fong ; they foothe her in the diftrefsful afildui- 
ty or hatching ; they invite her to quit her 
the gentleic ; the agates are capricious, and often quit their 
young to give themfelves to the male ; the hen fpangled 
birds are conflant to their eggs, and good to their young ; 
but the cock fpangled birds are the moft ardent of the fpecies, 
and muft be provided with two and even three hens, other- 
' vif c the y n °t fuffer the hen to fit, and they will break 
the eggs. Thofe that are entirely jonquil-coloured are nearly 
of the fame difpofttion, and require two or three females. 
l h_ cock agates are the weakeft, and the hens often die 
when fitting. 
