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plan is to dissolve a pennyworth of white precipitate 

 powder in half a teacupful of warm water, and with a 

 small brush dress the bird well all over, taking care 

 that the mixture does not enter its mouth or eyes. 

 Then wash the whole off with soap and warm water, 

 wrap the bird in flannel, and place it in a cage before 

 a fire until it is thoroughly dry. This method requires 

 great care, as the precipitate is a deadly poison. 



Diarrhoea. — This disease should be attacked at the 

 commencement before the inflammation it causes be- 

 comes violent. Boiled bread and milk, a great deal of 

 lettuce, or any other similar green refreshing food, 

 in general completely cures. 



Egg-hound. — Give some coarse brown sugar and 

 <lrop two drops of sweet oil into the vent. 



Fairing Fever. — Birds are usually attacked with 

 this complaint in May, a time when the inclination 

 to pair is greatest. They cease to sing, become 

 sorrowful and thin, ruffle their feathers, and die. 

 This fever generally first seizes those which are con- 

 fined in cages : it appears to arise from their way of 

 life, which is too uniform and wearying. I cured 

 several by merely placing them in the window, where 

 they are soon so much refreshed that they forget their 

 ^rief, their desire for liberty or for pairing, and resume 

 their liveliness and song. 



I have observed that a single female in the room is 



