PREFACE 



TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



IN consequence of the great and rapid progress that has been 

 made during the past ten years in the art of Canary-breeding, 

 I have found it necessary to issue a Third Edition of the 

 " CANARY BOOK." In doing so I have endeavoured to treat 

 fully and accurately upon every subject of interest to lovers 

 and breeders of these delightful pets. 



I have now given a full and complete account of those 

 direful maladies, Typhus and Scarlet Fever, the result of over 

 twenty years* experience and study since my first discovery 

 of these diseases attacking birds. Their cause, prevention, 

 and general treatment are fully discussed. Further, I have 

 included information on some maladies not hitherto mentioned, 

 and have extended my remarks on other complaints from 

 which birds are known to suffer. Other subjects not 

 previously dealt with in this or any other work on Canaries 

 are also treated, and I have endeavoured to set right several 

 matters that have hitherto given rise to contention and heart- 

 burning among fanciers generally. 



On several varieties of Canaries, including Yorkshire 

 Fancies, Norwich Plainheads, Lancashire Coppies, Lizards, 



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