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INDEX. 



tliug, 64 ; suitable food for, 65 ; proper 

 cages for, 66 ; diseases of, 66. 

 Bullfinch songs and music, 72-85. 



Cages for breeding-birds, 44. 



Campanini Canary, 14. 



Canaries, household pets since commence- 

 ment of sixteenth century, 9 ; when first 

 brought to England, 9 ; found in a wild 

 state on islands oft' the coast of Africa, 9 ; 

 inferiority of wild to domesticated birds, 

 9 ; each breed distinguished by size , shape, 

 color, and song, 9; main classes, 9; Ger- 

 mans first give attention to breeding of, 

 10 ; in the Harz Mountains, 10 ; training of, 

 at St. Andreasberg, 11; selection of, 15; 

 to determine the age of, 15 ; singing of, by 

 gaslight, 15 ; forced breeding of, 16 ; Ger- 

 man mode of feeding, 17 ; English mode 

 of feeding, 17 ; Belgian, or Long-breed, 17 ; 

 English, 22 ; Norwich, 23 ; London Fancy, 

 23 ; Lizard, 23 ; Scotch Fancy, 25 ; York- 

 shire, 26; Manchester Coppy, 26; French, 

 27 ; Cayenne-fed, 28 ; American, 30 ; Hy- 

 brid, 32 ; trick, 33 ; piping, 34 ; talking, 34 ; 

 diseases of, 35 ; mice a source of torture 

 to, 36 ; insects a pest to, 36 ; nests for, 37 ; 

 chief diseases of, 38; breeding-birds, 43; 

 treatment of young, 47 ; Hybrid breeding 

 with, 47 ; fancies of, 49 ; time of mating, 

 50; varieties of Hybrid, 51; comparative 

 table of, 55. 



Canary-table, 55. 



Cancer in Canaries, 42. 



Cardinal, common names of, 110; plumage 

 of, 110; male used to rear nests of young 

 Canaries, 110; disposition of , 111; food in 

 confinement, 112; diseases of, 113. 



Cardinal Grosbeak, 110. 



Carthagena Parrot, 187. 



Cat-bird, size, plumage, aud song of, 168; 

 food and treatment of, 169. 



Cayenne pepper used to color Canaries, 28. 



Chaffinch, size and plumage of, 95 ; food of, 

 96. 



Chestnut-breasted Finch, 236. 



Chestnut Finch, 236. 



Cheveral, or King Goldfinch, 88. 



Cinereous Waxbill, 237. 



Cockatoos, Australia pre-eminently the realm 

 of, 203; mode of catching, 204; Great 

 Lemon-crested, Leadbeater's, Roseate, 

 Nose, Small Lemon-crested, 205. 



Common Waxbill, 242. 



Contagious Diseases of Canaries, 42. 



Constipation in Canaries, 38, 39. 



Consumption in Canaries, 38. 



Cordon-bleu Finch, 244. 



Cramps in Canaries, 41. 



Crow, size and plumage of, 224; may be 



taught numerous tricks, 224. 

 Cuban Parrot, 189; '-Two Cubans on toast," 



190. 

 Cut-throat Finch, 240. 



Diamond Sparrow, 236. 



Diarrhoea in Canaries, 39. 



Diseases, 275-282. 



Diseases of Canaries, 35 ; indigestion, wast- 

 ing, tempei'ature, surfeit, constipation, con- 

 sumption, 38 ; asthma, loss of voice, diar- 

 rhoea, 39 ; inflammation of the bowels 'and 

 liver, 40; epilepsy, or fits, 40; cramps, pip, 

 41 ; pimples, or obstruction of the rump- 

 gland, 41 ; yellow gall, 41 ; giddiness, can- 

 cer, contagious diseases, 42; wounds, sore 

 feet, 42 ; accidents, broken legs, 43. 



Domesticated Canaries superior to wild 

 ones, 9. 



Double-banded Finch, 244. 



Dwarf Parrots, 198. 



England, Canaries first brought to, 9. 



English mode of feeding Canaries, 17; vari- 

 eties of Canaries, 22 ; training diflers from 

 German, 23. 



English Nightingale, 123. 



English Robin, 150. 



English Starling, 145. 



Epilepsy, or fits, in Canaries, 40. 



Feeding of Canaries, German mode of, 17; 

 English mode of, 17. 



Finch-boxes, 237. 



Finches and Nuns, activity of, 234; breeding 

 of, by Japanese, 235 ; trading for African, 

 237 ; boxes for, 237 ; age of, 238. 



Food and care, monthly suggestions respect- 

 ing all kinds of birds, 259 ; November 



December, 2GO; December January, 

 261; January February, 262; February 

 March, 264; March April, 265; April 



May, 266; May June, 268; June 

 July, 269; July August, 270; August 



September, 271 ; September October, 

 273. 



Food for breeding-birds, 44. 

 French Canaries, 27. 



