36 CANARY-BIRD. 



SECT. V. Of the most proper food for, and 

 directions for feeding Canaries in the 

 breeding season. 



The next step for the bird fancier to 

 observe, is to obtain proper food for the 

 old birds, while engaged in the sustenance 

 of their callow young. As I before re- 

 marked, the nearest approach to a state 

 of nature will be productive of the most 

 beneficial results. The following directions 

 must be closely observed. Take an egg 

 and boil it very hard, then grate it through 

 a coarse grater, such a one as is used 

 for the purpose of preparing horse-radish 

 (and which must be washed very clean 

 before using it) will best answer the object; 

 then take a small piece of wheaten 

 bread, baked the day before, about the 

 same size as the egg, and grate it in the 

 same manner; add to this a table-spoon- 

 ful of fresh Indian meal and mix the 

 whole very closely together, making it 



