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way, and then covered with starch or plaster of Paris. 

 Common salt is said to be a cure for the small tumours, 

 called small pox, that sometimes appear on the wattles 

 of carriers. I consider that attention to the salt earth 

 mixture is the best protection against throat canker in 

 young pigeons. 



Cold. 



Cold in pigeons may be known by a running at the nostrils 

 and eyes. It becomes more or less severe according to its 

 restriction to the upper or lower air passages. More or less 

 deposit of cankerous looking matter will take place in severe 

 cases, but warmth and an aperient will generally effect a 

 cure. What is known as the " one-eyed cold " is a serious 

 complaint. In this, only one of the bird's eyes is affected. 

 The lid gets much swollen, and closes over the eye, from 

 which, and from the nostrils and mouth as well, matter gene- 

 rally runs for a week or two. The inflammation is severe 

 while it lasts, which is often for a fortnight or three weeks ; 

 but seclusion from draught, and bathing with warm water 

 twice daily, will almost always result in cure, without the 

 use of any medicine. 



Core, the. 



This is a tumour that grows in or near the vent, and 

 is not of very common occurrence. "When in the vent, the 

 bird will be seen pecking at the part, and on exami- 

 nation there will be found what looks like a prolapsus of 

 that organ, wet and bloody. After a few days this will 

 harden and dry up, and when the scab comes away the 

 core will come with it. The core was so called by the old 

 writers on account of its resemblance to the core of an apple. 

 When it comes on the belly, somewhere near the vent, its 

 presence will be unsuspected till discovered by accident. A 

 hard lump will be felt on handling the bird, and on remov- 



