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POO BAAR Ds, 1. 
| produced a-brood in a bird- “pot which was pee 
againgt a houfe. s 
‘Near Paddington, in Bedfordthire, fome: Ca 
nary birds have been feen in hedges, in a wild 
fate; they had pro bably efcaped from an aviary. 
“The Enelifh Canary-birds have moftly the Wood- 
Mark's fong, thofefrom Tirol that of the Night-, 
_ingale, — oe 
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On the middle of the wing feathers is a band of an 
. live colour, the tail ts a little forked, the two middle fea- 
_ thersinclining to black and edged with olive colour, the reft 
ate yellow tipp’d with black, and edg’d with grey. 
: me throat is dufky in the eas a in the female whites . 










The Sifkin inhabits Europe, frequenting thofe 
Parts that abound with juniper. It vifits thefe 
iflands at uncertain times, but gene rally i in barl ey 
"feed time ; from whence it is called in Suflex the 
: Barley bird. It is fold in the bird ihops in Lon- 
don, under the name of the Aberdavine, but has 
i “no very pleaiing fong. T’he nefts of this {pecies are 
: “concealed with great art, for though there are many 
: ‘of the young birds in the woods, on the banks of 
the Danube, that feem but jut able to fly, theirnefts 
; ate feldom to be found. Sifkins run | along on the 
F PART ‘I. | ardent 
