90 CANARY-BIRD. 



for the greater portion of the day, while 

 the floors of their cages are covered over 

 with small pin-f, athers, which they shed 

 during all the time, until the new ones 

 appear. The young ones of the Canary 

 never lose their wing or tail-feathers until 

 the second year, which seems a wise or- 

 dination of Providence, for were they to 

 do so, scarcely one in ten would survive. 

 They likewise eat very sparingly, and only 

 of that description of food which they 

 most prefer, which should always be sup- 

 plied to them. 



Great care must be taken as cold 

 weather advances, to give them the richest 

 kinds of food in addition to their usual 

 allowance, such as hemp-seed and sponge- 

 cake, with a lump of loaf-sugar for them 

 to peck at occasionally. One of the most 

 deadly things that can happen to the 

 Canary, is to be placed at this season in 

 a cold place, or where a draught can 

 reach him. This is too frequently done, 

 although it will certainly cause his death. 



