28 THE CANARY. 



lettuce, celery, or any other green stuff. All canaries 

 should be fed the year through as above, except that 

 the finest grades of St. Andreasberg canaries and our 

 own bred Holden canary and our own bred Carnpanini 

 canary should have one tenth to one fifth Sicily 

 canary seed, and the rest German summer rape seed. 

 A canary may have two or three hemp seeds from 

 fingers or lips once or twice a week, to encourage 

 tameness. 



THE BATH. A canary should bathe all through 

 the year, two or three times a week, not every day. 

 Remove seed and water cups and the base of cage, 

 and set body of cage over the bathing dish of tepid 

 water, and then remove the perches. Use the regu- 

 lar canary bath-tub, with three quarters of an inch 

 depth of water. If the bird will not bathe in the tub, 

 try less water, and perhaps a dozen shapes and sizes 

 of dishes, until you find the only one he will use ; 

 sometimes this is an old flat saucer, or your choice 

 bit of Royal Worcester or Doulton, with a quarter of 

 an inch depth of water. 



THE HANGING PLACE. The bird may hang in 

 the sunshine fifteen minutes, not longer, to dry his 

 feathers after the bath ; but a bird hanging in the 

 sunshine at midday is in a bad place for his health or 

 song. Nearly all birds keep in better health if not 

 hung near a window. I have seen many so-called 

 air-tight windows, but I never saw an air-tight win- 

 dow fit to hang a bird near in cold weather. 



DRAUGHT OF AIR. Do not leave a bird in a room 

 in cold weather where the window is open to air the 

 room. 



