. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. WlLO C.\NARIES .VND THEHi NF-ST Besides the profits they bring in, there areother advantages of having birds in a songs and joyous flutter of these little 263 264 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS guests put sunshine and good humor into afamily; a taste for birds gives useful occupa-tion, their management a healthy habit, andthough we must keep them caged, they are theliveliest and often the most welcome members. The Norwich Canary of the household. The most popular amongthem is, of course, the canary. I. The Can.^ryThough we kee
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. WlLO C.\NARIES .VND THEHi NF-ST Besides the profits they bring in, there areother advantages of having birds in a songs and joyous flutter of these little 263 264 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS guests put sunshine and good humor into afamily; a taste for birds gives useful occupa-tion, their management a healthy habit, andthough we must keep them caged, they are theliveliest and often the most welcome members. The Norwich Canary of the household. The most popular amongthem is, of course, the canary. I. The Can.^ryThough we keep canaries especially for theirsong, they are also raised for their color; infact, they may be called the jewels of theaviary. The ancestor of our tamed canary{Serinus canarius), which belongs to the finchfamily, is not handsome, neither are his de-scendants unless the wit and art of man inventimprovements. The wild canary has a greenish- yellow body with gray tail and wings. He isstill to be seen in great numbers in the CanaryIslands, in Madeira, and at St. Helena, whencethey are sent to England to propagate. Whenthe Canary Islands were conquered in 1478,great numbers were carried over into Spain,and from there they spread through became the favorite pets of women,and in many of the ancient pictures (GianBellinis, for example) we see them perch-ing in some corner, or perhaps on a ladysfinger. Tyrol and the country about Innsbruckwere especially active in t
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