DISEASES, 



TO WHICH 



CANARIES, AND OTHER BIRDS ARE LIABLE, 



IN A 



DOMESTIC STATE 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. Young Cana- 

 ries, when fed upon egg and bread, and such nu- 

 tricious food, get sick, and their appearance indi- 

 cates an attack of this disorder. The skin of the 

 belly is distended, and the feathers come off, and 

 leave the skin bare, and the veins under it are 



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blue and surcharged with blood, and on dissec- 

 tion, the bowels are found inflamed, and black 

 towards the vent. On the first appearance of this 

 disorder withdraw the rich food, and give your 

 birds a little lettuce seed and Canary alone, plenty 

 of green stuff, and put a rusty nail in the water. 

 But in prescribing for the diseases of birds, and 



