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For the Study of American and Foreign Birds in 

 Freedom and Captivity 



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WANTED 



WANTED — Local breeders of Roller 

 Canaries. Please address Office 

 BIRD NEWS. 



WANTED — Four specimens of Rain- 

 bow Finch (Cyanospiza leclan- 

 cheri) Mexican fanciers. Please 

 note. 314 Phelan Building, San 

 Francisco. 



WANTED — Copy .of ."o'fnamental 

 Waterfowl" by Hon. Rose Hub- 

 bard. Birds of Canary Islands by 

 Harris. Office BIRD NEWS. 



EXCHANGE 



QUERIES — Cont'd. 



EXCHANGE — Aviary-bred Blue .la- 

 vas for Chaffinches. Females. 

 Bird News. 



QUERIES 



1. B. M., San Francisco, asks: 

 What causes a canary to go blind? 



Injury to eye, cold from exposure, 

 improper feeding resulting in catar- 

 act; in crested birds — overgrown 



crest. Blindness, if partial, causes 

 bird ta turn head sideways and hesi- 

 iate to leave perch. 



Geo. B. Marin. — "How can yon 

 made a caged canary take a bath? 



Remove all water from cage for 

 some hours; then place shallow sau- 

 cer in cage; set in sun and wait. 

 Coax, by sprinkling a few drops 

 of water over the bird. Or place 

 cage in sun, remove seed boxes, and 

 spray bird from an atomizer. 

 F. H. D., Oakland, asks: — What is 

 difference between "Mules" and 

 "Hybrids?" Mules — a cross be- 

 tween different birds, but involving 

 canary-blood. Hybrids — any oth- 

 er bird cross. 

 Canary cock not singing. What is 

 the reason? Inquires C. Brown, 

 Seattle. No male sings so much 

 when paired as he does when in a 

 cage by himself. He will return to 

 song, just as soon as his domestic 

 duties are over. 



