. Birds and their ways; . s Coivus Ame7-icanMs CHAPTER VII. MERRY WARBLERS: THE FINCH FAMILY. T yl 7E have now come to another large V V and interesting family of birds,said Miss Harson— the Fringillidae orfinch family—which contains many of thesinging-birds of Great Britain. Wont you tell us about canaries sometime ? asked Clara. And isnt my canaryan English bird? I scarcely think it can be called so, as itwas born in an American cage, replied hergoverness.— Perhaps Malcolm can tell uswhere canaries really belong. She saw that he was very anxious to dothis, and he now answered promptly : In t
. Birds and their ways; . s Coivus Ame7-icanMs CHAPTER VII. MERRY WARBLERS: THE FINCH FAMILY. T yl 7E have now come to another large V V and interesting family of birds,said Miss Harson— the Fringillidae orfinch family—which contains many of thesinging-birds of Great Britain. Wont you tell us about canaries sometime ? asked Clara. And isnt my canaryan English bird? I scarcely think it can be called so, as itwas born in an American cage, replied hergoverness.— Perhaps Malcolm can tell uswhere canaries really belong. She saw that he was very anxious to dothis, and he now answered promptly : In the Canary Islands. That is their original birthplace, con-tinued Miss Harson, and they belong tothe very family I spoke of, for a canary is 84 THE CHAFFINCH. 85 neither more nor less than a finch. Buton this particular evening/ she added, witha smile, I have prepared myself for chaf-finches ; and, with Claras permission, wewill let the canaries wait until their turncomes. The little girl was quite satisfied with her. the chaffinch (Fringilla Calebs). teachers arrangement, and Edith said thatshe wanted to hear about all the birds in theworld. I cannot promise that you shall dothat, said her governess, but I will try to 86 BIRDS AND THEIR WAYS. tell you of all about which you are likely tocare. Here is a picture of the chaffinch, alittle bird about the size of a house-sparrow,with a chestnut-brown back tinged witholive-green, the tail black and ashen-graymixed with white. He is a very popularbird on account of his sweet song, and isoften deprived of his liberty and made tospend his life in a cage. He is very cheer-ful, though, even in captivity; and As gayas a chaffinch is a common French prov-erb. The chaffinch is a * smart, active, livelybird, always in a bustle, flitting here andthere incessantly and staying long no-where, always wearing a holiday look, sotrim and spruce is he, and rattling throughhis song with wondrous volubility/ Thisreminds us of our own bobolink ; th
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