DISEASES, 



CANARIES, AND OTHER BIRDS ARE LIABLE, 



DOMESTIC STATE. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. Young Cana- 

 ries, when fed upon egg and bread, and such nu- 

 tritious food, get sick, and their appearance indi- 

 cates an attack of this disorder. The skin of the 

 belly is distended, and the feathers come off, and 

 leave the skin bare, and the veins under it are 

 blue and surcharged with blood, and on dissec- 

 tion, the bowels are found inflamed, and black 

 towards the vent. On the first appearance of this 

 disorder withdraw the rich food, and give your 

 birds a little lettuce seed and Canary alone, plenty 

 of green stuff, and put a rusty nail in the water. 

 But in prescribing for the diseases of birds, and 



