INSTRUCTIONS 



FOR THE 



BREEDING OF CANARY BIRDS, 



AND THE 



PROPER TREATMENT OF THE YOUNG. 



LOCATION FOR BREEDING. 



If you intend to breed your birds flying at 

 large in a room, and have a choice, choose one, 

 the windows of which look to the south-east ; if 

 in cages, place them in the same situation, for the 

 same purpose, to have the benefit of the morning 

 sun, which is very beneficial, especially to the 

 young birds. If you breed in a room, you must 

 have one or two windows latticed with wire, so 

 put on that you can raise the window to admit 

 the air when it is mild, and shut it down when 

 cold. It is better not to have the open windows 

 opposite one to the other, as this makes a draft 

 through the room, which I have found, by 



