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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



The Arkkst hv a Fugitive 



The eggs of the canary are soft gray hi 

 color, with dark red or black specks at one end. 

 Thirteen days after the last egg is laid the 

 young canaries may be expected. When the 

 mother is well settled on her eggs, the male 

 bird becomes very busv in feeding her. It is 

 necessary to see that all dirt, impurities, and 



damp sand are promptly re- 

 moved from the cage, or the 

 feet of the mother, who some- 

 times quits the nest for a very 

 short time, may carry it among 

 the fledglings and cause their 

 death. The behavior of the 

 female canary and of other 

 female birds differs \'ery 

 much. Some cannot be 

 drixen from the nest ; others 

 will always go off and swing 

 upon their [lerches if an\- one 

 goes near the cage. 



It is imprudent to examine 

 the eggs continually, and 

 jjatience cannot be too 

 earnestly recommended to young breeders. As 

 soon as the little ones are hatched the same 

 caution need not be observed. Both the qualit_\- 

 and quantity of their food must be attended to, 

 for it is not always as good and as regularl}- pro- 

 \ided as one would naturally expect from a well- 

 bred mother. The food of both parents ought 



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