52 CANARY-BIRD. 



most suitable and best calculated to effect 

 the desired end. 



In from ten days to two weeks after 

 your bird commences to feed himself, 

 first putting him in a separate cage, re- 

 move him from all society of his kind, to 

 some close apartment, where it will be 

 impossible for him to hear the whistle of 

 any other bird. You may do this at an 

 earlier period, if you hear him make any 

 attempts at his natural song. His cage 

 should then be covered with a thin linen 

 cloth, for a week to ten days, before you 

 commence operations, in order to make 

 him as solitary and as tame as possible. 

 The flageolet or the bird-organ may now 

 be used. Neither of these instruments 

 must be too shrill or harsh; as the bird 

 will invariably follow in the same tone, 

 which will cause in him so great an exer- 

 tion of the lungs, that death will in all 

 probability be induced. 



When fifteen days have elapsed, it will 

 become necessary to substitute a piece of 



