30 CANARY-BIRD. 



This "sweating sickness" is one of the 

 most direful and disastrous that affects the 

 Canary, for should the bird recover, a 

 species of red-mite appears on the body of 

 the hen, as the sequelus of the disease. 

 These parasites destroy the mother arid 

 her interesting brood, clinging to them 

 with the greatest tenacity, feeding on their 

 blood and remaining until life is entirely 

 extinct. Added to these incidents, they 

 are also liable to lay clear and unproduc- 

 tive eggs. All of these things arise solely 

 from their situation. Beside, Canaries are 

 noted for their preferences and antipathies, 

 and their behaviour in a room, or in a 

 cage, is ample evidence of their satisfac- 

 tion or dislike of the position which they 

 occupy. 



SECT. III. Of the mode of pairing ', and the 

 proper means to procure handsome colour- 

 ed Birds. 



The Canary-bird, a native originally of 



