observations on 
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tated its African rnafter fo exactly, without any 
mixture of the Linnet fong, that it was impoft 
lible to diftinguifh the one from the other. 
This' Vengolina-Linnet was abfolutely per- 
fect, Without ever uttering a ftngle note by 
which it comd have been known to be a Linnet 
In fome of my other experiments, however, the 
neftiing Linnet retained the call of its own fpe= 
cies, or what the bird-catchers term the Lin- 
net’s chuckle, from fome refemblance to that 
word when pronounced, 
I have before hated, that all my neftl-in® 
Linnets were three weeks old when taken from 
tne neft ; and by that time they frequently 
learn their own call from the parent birds, 
which I have mentioned to confift of only a 
hngle note. 
do be certain, therefore, that a neftling will 
not have even the call of its fpecies, it Ihould 
be taken from the neft when only a day or two 
old; becaufe, though neftlings cannot fee till 
the feventh day, yet they can hear from the 
mftant they are hatched ; and probablv, from 
that circumftance, attend to founds more 
than they do afterwards, efpecially as the call 
and white, and the cock hath a bright yellow fpot upon the 
rump. It is-a very familiar bird, and hugs better than any 
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