BRITISH BIRDS. l6g 
is rare to meet with a neft. It is not known to 
breed in this illand, nor is it faid from whence they 
come over to us. Ours was caught upon the 
banks of the Tyne. In fome parts of the South it 
is called the Barley-bird, being feen about that 
feed time ; and in the neighbourhood of London it 
is known by the name of the Aberdevine. 
CANARY FINCH. 
{ Fringllla Canaria , Lin . — Le Serin des Canaries , Buff.) 
Is fomewhat larger than the laft, being about live 
inches and a half in length : The bill is of a pale 
flelh colour ; general colour of the plumage yel- 
low, more or lefs mixed with grey, and in fome 
with brown on the upper parts ; the tail is fome- 
what forked ; legs pale flefh colour. 
In a wild Hate they are found chiefly in the Ca- 
nary iflands, from whence they have been brought 
to this country, and almoft every part of Europe ; 
they are kept in a ft ate of captivity, and partake 
of all the varieties attendant on that ftate. BuL 
fon enumerates twenty-nine varieties, and many 
more might probably be added to the lift, were all 
the changes incident to a ftate of domeftication 
carefully noted and brought into the account. — * 
The breeding and rearing of thefe charming birds 
forms an amufement of the moft pleafing kind, and 
