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- A canary is a BIRD of the FINCH family, It is
- found wild in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
- It is greenish with a yellow underside.
- Canaries have been bred as cage birds in
- Europe since the 15th century, and many
- domestic varieties are yellow or orange.
- Some canaries are used in mines as detectors
- of traces of poison gas in the air.
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- Subject by: Russell Webb
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