36 CANARY BIKDS. 



grass, and should be hard, bright, and of a 

 brownish-yellow color, and look white and 

 flowery when broken through. 



It is essential that seeds should be kept 

 where mice cannot get at them. Birds have 

 a horror of seed that mice have been among ; 

 in fact, they will not eat it unless they are 

 very hungry. A bottle or china jar with a 

 cover is best to store them in. Birds have 

 been almost starved to death by having 

 seeds given to them that had the inside eaten 

 out by mice, while the outward appearance 

 of the seeds was entire. 



Oats or oatmeal may be given with the 

 seeds, or bread or barley meal moistened 

 with milk, given fresh every day. In sum- 

 mer canaries should be supplied with green 

 food cabbage, salad, celery, groundsel, tur- 

 nip tops, chick-weed, water-cress, if well 

 washed, and in winter with pieces of sweet 

 apple. They will also relish occasionally a 

 little boiled carrot or cauliflower. Sugar at 

 rare intervals will not hurt them, but the 



