52 THE SPEAKING PARROTS. 



cold must be avoided), and then smeared with glycerine, 

 diluted with water, one part to ten, or with the best olive 

 oil. The claws rarely need to be cut, because with parrots 

 which have sufiScient opportunities of climbing they do not 

 grow too long. When it is necessary it must be done with 

 great caution. 



CHAP. VII.— DISEASES.* 



Signs of III Health — Influenza — Catarrh in the Air Tubes, and 

 Inflammation of the Mouth, Larynx, and Throat — Inflam- 

 mation of the Lungs — Windpipe Worm or Larynx Worm 

 — Diphtheria and Croup — Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes 

 and Lungs — Tuberculosis — Digestive Disorder — Flatulency — 

 Inflammation of the Stomach and Intestines — Poisoning — 

 Purging — Costiveness — Typhus — Blood Poisoning — Dropsy — 

 Intestinal Worms — Emaciation — Choking and Vomiting — 

 Disease of the Vent Glands — Diseases of the Ovary — Diseases 

 of the Liver and Spleen — Heart Diseases — Diseases of the 

 Brain — Diseases of the Eyes — Gout, Rheumatism, and Lameness 

 — Wounds — Burns — Fractures of the Bones — Abscesses — 

 Diseases of the Beah — Diseases of the Feet — Diseases of the 

 Plumage — Table of Medicines, ivith Directions.^ 



I HAVE already admitted that the diseases of birds is to me 

 a difficult point to deal with. I am not skilled as a pro- 

 fessional medical man to give scientific descriptions, and I 

 am too conscientious to enter upon so important a subject 

 in a superficial manner. Until of late years this depart- 

 ment of the practical management of birds was strangely 

 neglected, and only very recently has it been treated in a 

 systematic and scientific manner, in the work of Dr. Ziirn 

 ("The Diseases of Household Birds," Weimar, 1882). While, 

 therefore, in my former works, especially in the " Manual for Bird 



*At the conclusion of this chapter the reader will find a list of the 

 prescribed remedies, with directions for preparing and administering the same. 

 The numbers indicate the remedy which should be given in each case. 



