CHAPTEK IX. 



DISEASES OF CANARIES. 



t gives a most miserable and discouraged 

 feeling to read the long list of diseases 

 incident to the canary, and the remedies pro- 

 posed for them. It is our firm belief that 

 most of these maladies are the result of bad 

 management or neglect, and that those who 

 really love their birds will not be troubled 

 by many of them. 



It is very touching the way the sick birds 

 cling to one in their troubles ; they lie look- 

 ing at one for help so pitifully, takiag so 

 gently the offered food, and always seeming 

 disposed to nestle so closely to one. After 

 all I can say, however, I can but repeat my 

 conviction that cleanliness, watercress, and 

 abstinence from messes are the best means of 

 preserving a bird in health ; and if, after all, 



