70 CANARY-BIRD. 



kept expressly for the purpose of retaining 

 them safe. This should have different 

 apartments, if you have more than one 

 pair, each of which should be numbered 

 with the number of the cage to which the 

 eggs belong, and be filled with bran, wool, 

 hair or tow, to prevent them from be- 

 coming cracked or broken. It sometimes 

 occurs that you will find a hen, who, upon 

 your removing her eggs, will immediately 

 forsake her nest. When this happens, 

 you will have to run the risk of your 

 cock-bird. 



The male Canary, in the course of the 

 breeding season, and when the hen has 

 young ones, will sometimes fall sick. The 

 most proper method is to remove him 

 from the cage, and give him a liftle repose 

 for a week or ten days; as his illness 

 may probably arise from his being fed 

 upon the rich, soft food intended for the 

 young; such as chopped egg, green meat, 

 &c. &c. After this period, during which 

 he must be fed upon hard seed, you may 



