THE TALKING TRIBES IOQ 



In regard to the treatment of this bird in 

 illness, I should do with him exactly as I have 

 described with other birds. 



Some particular directions are necessary in 

 the care of birds newly imported. It is safer 

 to buy one already acclimated, but it is not 

 difficult to acclimate one if a person knows 

 how, and will take the necessary pains. The 

 conditions under which the bird has been 

 brought from his distant home are peculiar, 

 and he must be gradually accustomed to dif- 

 ferent ones. 



To begin with, he has made his voyage en- 

 tirely without water, and he must be inured 

 to the use of it by a few swallows a day, 

 steadily increased till he can be trusted with 

 an unlimited supply. (I am supposing your 

 bird has been imported in the ordinary way. 

 If he came as a sailor's pet it will be different.) 



The change of food is always great, and 

 usually brings on the disease of which most 

 of them die viz., dysentery. A simple and 

 sure cure for this is lime-water, in connection 

 with warmth and perfect quiet. In buying, 

 you should always find out what a parrot has 

 been fed on, and gradually change, if change 



