THE AMERICAN 



BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL ; 



OR DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN SINGING BIRDS. 



WITH PARTICULAR INSTRUCTIONS 



FOR THE 



BREEDING OF CANARY BIRDS, 



AND THE PROPER TREATMENT OF THEIR YOUNG. 



TOGETHER WITH 



SOME REMARKS UPON THE DISEASES 



TO WHICH BIRDS ARE LIABLE PREVENTION AND REMEDIES. 



WITH A MINUTE DESCRIPTION' OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



OR MARKINGS OF THE DIFFERENT SEXES, SO AS TO EE ABLE 



TO DISTINGUISH THE MALE FROM THE FEMALE. 



BY JAMES MANN; 



TAXIDERMIST, DEALER IN BIRDS, NATURAL CURIOSITIES, ETC. 



BOSTON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, AT 22 WATER STREET. 



AND SOLD BY 



LITTLE AND BROWN, AND W. D. TICKNOR AND CO. 



NEW YORK : C. S. FRANCIS AND CO. 



PORTLAND : E. C. ANDREWS. 



1848. 



