Vlll CONTENTS. 



DOVES. 



Page 



RING DOVE ... . . 133 



TURTLE DOVE 135 



PARROTS. 



GRAY, OR AFRICAN PARROT 136 



BRAZILIAN GREEN PARROT . . . 138 



WHITE-FRONTED PARROT . . 139 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BREEDING OF CANA- 

 RY BIRDS, AND THE PROPER TREATMENT 

 OF THE YOUNG. 



LOCATION FOR BREEDING . 141 



PAIRING . 142 



BREEDING CAGES, NESTS, ETC. . . . 145 



HATCHING, AND TREATMENT OF THE YOUNG . . 150 



MOULTING OF THE YOUNG ..... 155 



MOULTING OF THE OLD BIRDS. .... 156 



DISEASES, TO WHICH CANARIES, AND OTHER 

 BIRDS ARE LIABLE, IN A DOMESTIC STATE. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS ... 158 



CONSTIPATION, OR COSTIVENESS EPILEPSY . . 159 



ASTHMA DIARRHOEA -- DISEASES OF THE FEET . 160 



MOULTING LOSS OF VOICE 162 



MITES 163 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE REARING OF AME- 

 RICAN BIRDS FROM THE NEST . . 164 



WHAT THOSE WHO KEEP BIRDS OUGHT 

 NOT TO DO . 166 



