CANARY-BIRD, 
Ii; 
Every quick exertion of the voice is in ani- 
mals a hr eng indication of paili on •> and as love, 
of ail internal emotions, is that which agitates 
them qftenef, and tranfports them mod power- 
fully, they do not rail to expreis its ardour. 
Birds by their long, the bull by its lowing, the 
horfe by neighing, the bear by growling, all 
announce one and the lame on fire. 1 be ar- 
dour of this delire is by no means fo ftrong 
nor fo conlpicuous in the female as it is in tne 
male, and accordingly lire e store lies it but fel- 
dom by her voice j that cn tins hen Canary- 
Bird is nothing more than a gentle note of 
tender fatisfa&ion, a Sign of ccnlent which doqs 
not efcape her till (he has long It tened to and 
fbuered herfeli to be won by the ardent prayer 
of the male, who exerts hi in fell to infoire her 
with the fame pnlllon which he feels. But 
when her deiires are once excited, there is a 
necefiity for gratifying them, otherwife fie of- 
ten falls fck and dies. 
It is Seldom that Canary-Birds brought up 
in a chamber fall fck before hatching : fome- 
times a few cocks over eat themlelves and die : 
if the hen grows feek while fie is litting, her 
eggs muft be taken away and given to another; 
for though ihe Ihould get better loon, fie will 
not return to her neft. The Bril iymptom of 
fcknefs, efpecially in the cock, is melancholy ; 
whenever he is obferved to lofe his natural gaie- 
