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THE CANARY BIRD. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The Canary bird is five inches in length, of which the tail 
comprises two inches and a quarter; the beak is five lines 
long, stout, sharply pointed, and whitish; the legs are desh- 
CANARIE3 AND NEST. 
colored, and eight lines high. The female is scarcely to be 
distinguished from the male, but the latter has generally deeper 
and brighter colors; the head is rather thicker; the body, in 
general, more slender throughout; and the temples and the ^ 
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