CANARY-BIRD. 71 



replace him in his former situation with 

 the hen; but should he fall sick a second 

 time, he must be again removed, and 

 totally, from the female; as the married 

 life is not congenial to his health, and he 

 will answer better as a song-bird than a 

 breeder. The hen should be treated in 

 nearly the same manner when in the same 

 circumstances, her eggs removed from 

 her, and placed under some other sitting 

 hen to be hatched, or the young ones put 

 under one who has young and can attend 

 to them. 



One of the most dangerous accidents to 

 which the hen Canary is liable, is to be 

 what fanciers call "egg-bound." When 

 this happens, she immediately falls off her 

 perch upon her back, and often dies be- 

 fore the fact of her sickness is discovered. 

 The proper treatment is to take her at 

 once from the cage or room, and gently 

 rub the lower part of her abdomen with a 

 little sweet almond or olive oil, which 

 will have the effect of enabling her to dis- 



