THE BIRDS OF THE AVLARY 



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to be very abundant during this period and color, which she endeavors to render as elegant 

 should consist chiefly of eggs. If it is evident and peculiar as possible. As the canary readily 

 that the little ones are not receiving enough, allows itself to be mated with other species, 

 they must be fed with tiny crumbs of egg given a great variety of bastard breeds of many colors 

 on a bit of blunt wood. It is very easy to see has been obtained. 



whether they have a good 1 — — - 



mother or not. If properly j \. 



fed, their growth will be visi- • ■" 



ble from day to day. Their 

 breasts should be full, their 

 bodies round, and they should 

 look very lively. If their de- 

 velopment stops, they must 

 be fed with hens' eggs, hard 

 boiled, which is not difficult to 

 do, for young canaries, like 

 all other young birds, open 

 their mouths very wide. 



At the end of fifteen days 

 the nest ought to be changed 

 for a larger one, because the 

 young birds are then begin- 

 ning to beat and flutter their 

 wings and need more room. 

 At the end of si.x weeks they should be sepa 

 rated from their parents 



OuK Friend the Sr.-VRnow 



The canaries of the different countries — 



French, German, and English — can be dis- 



Of course much more work is to be done tinguished by their shape and song. The 



in the great establishments where the breedin 



and raising of canaries is made a business. So 



many things must be thought of and attended 



to that special works and manuals 



on the subject are issued 



Our a d \- i c e is in 



tended, as we saic 



in the beginning 



for those who 



wish to tend 



and rear these 



little songsters 



in their homes 



VI. V.A,RiETiES OF Birds 

 In enumerating the principal .^.„^.^,^, ^, , „.,^„ j^, ,,.^ hkao 

 species of the canary we ought ^^^^ g^uE ,\nu Black Belly 

 to remark that while Germany _ _ 



and the other continental countries of Europe found in Holland, though varieties of it e.xist 

 devote themselves to raising g<iod singers, the under the names of Belgian canary, trumpet 

 United States is also concerned with form and canary, and so forth. 



French breed is noted for its slender form ; the 

 German species, formed chiefly of the Hartz 

 birds, is the musical breed far excclltiicc; 

 the English races are nearly 

 always very tall, of typi- 

 cal colors, an d 

 adorned with a 

 tuft or topknot. 

 Before Ger- 

 many thought 

 of raising the 

 artz canary it 

 was generally known 

 in Holland, where a fine, 

 strong, healthy race was bred 

 and sent to all parts of the world. 

 At present the Dutch canary, 

 properly so called, is no longer 



