72 CANARY-BIRD. 



charge her egg by the relaxation caused by 

 the application. The best thing, however, 

 in this case, is prevention, which may 

 easily be done by keeping a large piece of 

 mortar in the cage, at which the hen may 

 peck at all times, and which will always 

 enable her to lay her eggs without any 

 difficulty. 



The hen Canary is likewise subject to 

 another disease of the nature of a fever, 

 which arises from her close confinement 

 on her warm nest. The heat of her body 

 is oftentimes so great as to stifle her 

 young ones, especially if the illness at- 

 tacks her before the young ones are a 

 week old. The best method then is, to 

 take and place them under another hen, if 

 there happens to be one who at that time 

 has nestlings; if not, you will have to run 

 the risk. The hen will then be able to re- 

 pose herself, which will at once remove the 

 disease. It sometimes occurs that the 

 hen will not sit when she has laid her full 

 complement of eggs; this indisposition to 



