30 THE CANARY. 



SWEEPING AND DUSTING. Birds should never be 

 in a room where particles of dust fill the air. Dust 

 injures the voice. Remove the bird, or sprinkle the 

 floor with water before sweeping. 



EASY TO CARE FOR AND KEEP IN SONG. The ca- 

 nary is easily kept in song all through the year, in 

 most cases right through the moulting period, if the 

 seeds and care are right, and one refrains from doing 

 foolish things ruinous to the bird's voice 



THE DON'TS. Don't " take chances " buying a 

 cheap bird. There is no " chance " about it ; you 

 lose every time. 



Don't buy poor seeds or gravel; they cost you 

 more in loss of song or loss of bird than three times 

 the price of the best seeds. Buy bird seeds at a bird 

 store. 



Don't hang the bird in the window. 



Don't hang the bird in the sunshine except for a 

 few minutes immediately after his bath. 



Don't hang the birds where there are draughts, or 

 in kitchen or laundry where there is steam or damp 

 air. 



Don't give figs, or sugar, or candy. 



Don't put the bird in water because he will not 

 bathe ; it is cruel and generally has fatal results. 



Don't feed mustard seed or turnip seed instead ot 

 sweet rape ; they look like good rape but are bitter, 

 and as fit for food for a bird as sawdust is for you. 



Don't let the canary fly about the room if you 

 want his best songs. 



Don't carry the bird out of doors in cold weather 



