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Nothing has succeeded better tlian this regimen : all 

 the birds which I have seen treated in this manner 

 have passed their moulting season in good health. 



The Bupturej or Hernia : this is very common among 

 young birds, and is a kind of plethora, which pro- 

 duces inflammation in the bowels. The symptoms of 

 this disease are, thinness, the skin of the belly trans- 

 parent and distended, covered with little red veins 

 surcharged with blood, the bowels are black and 

 knotted, and descend to the extremity of the body ; 

 there are no feathers on the diseased part ; the invalid 

 does not eat, and dies in a few days. Too nutritious, 

 or too much food, being the cause of the disease, the 

 only remedy is a very severe regimen, and even then 

 it can be cured only in its first stages. The diseased 

 birds must be immediately removed, and fed with 

 nothing but lettuce or rape seed, in very small quan- 

 tities. A bit of iron should also be put in the water, 

 and everything be done to invigorate and purify them. 

 It is very rare for young birds which are brought up 

 by their parents to sufier from this disease, as they 

 never over feed them. In bringing up by hand this 

 moderation should be imitated, and they should neither 

 be over fed nor pampered. 



The yellow gall in the head and eyes^ arises from over 

 heat; a cooling diet is therefore the only remedy. 

 If the tumour has grown to the size of a grain of 



