92 CANARY BIRDS. 



it does become ill, keeping it very warm 

 not roasted before the fire, but nestled in 

 snugly is the best mode of both comforting 

 arid curing it. 



COLDS. Canaries have a peculiar talent 

 for taking colds, and are heard conversing 

 in the hoarsest notes. They also frequently 

 sneeze and shake their heads. For this, 

 melon seeds, chopped fine, are beneficial, and 

 a piece of Spanish liquorice about the size 

 of a pea, dropped into the water-glass, is a 

 very simple remedy. If, however, it is left 

 there long, I always give a second glass of 

 clean water, after a short time in the morn- 

 ing, as the birds begin to dislike the taste 

 if they have nothing else to drink. For 

 sneezing, produced by obstruction of the 

 nostrils, pass a very fine feather, dipped in 

 olive oil, through them. 



DECLINE. This disease, the symptoms of 

 which are a general roughness of the feathers, 

 a great appetite, and yet a gradual wasting 

 of the flesh is usually the result of an un- 



