CHAPTER III. 



BATHS. 



tribs like to have a good depth of water 

 to bathe in ; at the same time, of course, 

 they do not wish to be drowned. If birds 

 are ill, a bath seems to be their most univer- 

 sal remedy ; they are hydropathists. A 

 bird looks mopy, and then ensues a grand 

 bathing; a hearty lunch follows, and the 

 patient brushes up and returns to active life. 

 If a newly bought or unhappy bird can be 

 induced to bathe, it is the best of signs that 

 it is getting better. 



Canaries should be daily supplied with 

 fresh water for a bath ; they will not bathe 

 in stale or dirty water. Procure from the 

 bird-store, or china-store, an article made on 

 purpose for birds, bathing-tubs ; or, if una- 

 ble to get one of them, a common vegetable 



