The canary, among foreign birds, and the linnet and bobolink, among American birds, are familiar examples of the first class; the common robin and the veery of the second; the wood-thrush, the cat ...

In spring, on the other hand, the cock linnet advertises himself with lively flutings, twangings and tremolos that once made it a favourite cage-bird of urban artisans. John Watters, writing in ...

No one seems to use the word any more, so maybe Cockneys are fading into history now, along with pie and mash, Blitz memories and cage birds ... stiff breezes and birds singing everywhere ...

SINGAPORE — Singing birds are the focus of The Hour Glass’ Singapore Edition offerings for this year. Not real ones, but mechanical masterpieces by renowned manufacturer Reuge made specially ...

A bird who flew from his cage is found after farmers heard him singing the TV theme. A cockatiel who flew from his cage has been returned to his owner after he was heard singing The Addams Family ...

Hanging bird cages are displayed on poles during a bird-singing contest in the Rueso district in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on March 23, 2014. MADAREE TOHLALA / AFP - Getty Images ...

Jaquet-Droz was also the first to build singing mechanical birds (often in hanging cages or boxes), which caught the eye of European high society. On display as part of this exhibition are 24 ...