. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. :« THE CANARY FINCH. - Bad chickweed killed three of thefe males, and all the females loft their firft hatch. In the ftead of thefe Cock-Canaries, I thought of fubftitut- ing three male Goldfinches which I caught, and put them into the volery in the beginning of May. I had, towards the end of July, two nefts of young, which thrived as well as poilible; and in the following year, I had three hatches of each cock Goldfmch with the female Ca- naries. Thefe commonly do no
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. :« THE CANARY FINCH. - Bad chickweed killed three of thefe males, and all the females loft their firft hatch. In the ftead of thefe Cock-Canaries, I thought of fubftitut- ing three male Goldfinches which I caught, and put them into the volery in the beginning of May. I had, towards the end of July, two nefts of young, which thrived as well as poilible; and in the following year, I had three hatches of each cock Goldfmch with the female Ca- naries. Thefe commonly do not breed with the Goldfinch, except from the age of one to four; while they continue prolific with their own males till eight or nine : and it is only the variegated female that breeds with the Goldfinch after its fourth year. We muft never put the Goldfinch into a volery, for it demo- liflies the nefts, and breaks the eggs of the other birds.** It appears then that the hen Canaries, though accuftomed to the commerce of their own fpecies, liften to the invitation of the male Goldfinches, and fubmit without reluctance to their embraces. The union is even as pro- dudive as with their proper mates, fince they have three hatches a-year with the Goldfinch. The cafe is different in the intercourfe of the cock Linnet with the Canary, there being com- monly but one hatch, and very feldom two in the year. The progeny of the Canaries with the Sifkins, with the Goldfinches, &c. are prolific, and can breed not only with both the fpecies from which they .A .V -#. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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