CANARY-BIRD. $\ 



He should be kept in the warmest room, 

 where no air from without can reach him, 

 and be put every day in the sun, which 

 should shine on him through the glass. 

 Should the moult prove uncommonly bad, 

 take a piece of sponge-cake and soak it 

 in white or sherry wine, the last is the 

 best, arid give it to him, as it will rein- 

 vi^ orate, and do him a great deal of ser- 

 vice. After this, and every day or two, 

 so long as he seems droopy, blow a little 

 sherry wine over his feathers, and then 

 place him as before in the sun, or set 

 him nigh the fire. A lump of refined 

 liquorice may also be thrown in his 

 water, with occasionally a little saffron. 



Be careful that your birds, during this 

 time, are kept supplied with coarse gravel, 

 which is now doubly beneficial to them, 

 and a great assistance in casting their 

 feathers. 



PlP, OR SWELLING ON THE RUMP. This is 



another dangerous disease, that attacks 

 the Canary not only when young but at 



