CANARY-BIRD. 
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food of the neftlings rauft be previoufly prepa- 
red ; it is a pafte compofed of boiled rape-feed, 
a yolk of an egg, and crumb of the cake mix- 
ed and kneaded with a little water, which is 
to be given them every two hours. This pafte 
mud not be too liquid •, and for fear of its 
growing four, it rnuft be renewed every day 
till the young can feed themfelves. 
The brood of birds in a ftate of captivity is 
not fo conftant, but is perhaps more numerous 
than it would probably be in a ftate of native 
freedom ; for there are hens who will hatch 
four and even live times a-year, laying four, 
five, fix, and fometimes feven eggs at a time : 
in general, they have three broods, and the 
moulting prevents their having more. There 
are hens, however, that hatch while they moult, 
provided they begin to fit before that time, 
lords of the lame neft do not all begin to moult 
at the lame time, i he weakeft are the fir ft 
that undergo that change ; the ftrongeft are cf- 
t^n a month later. I he moulting of jonquil 
Canary-Birds is more tedious and generally 
more fatal than that of the others. The hens 
of thefe jonquil birds lay only three times with 
three eggs each time ; the light-coloured ones, 
both cock and hen, are too delicate, and their 
broody feldotn prolpers. j lie cream-coloured 
nave lome repugnance at pairing with one anc- 
tI1£T ’ 111 a ia r£ c aviary the male generally 
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