94: CANARY BIRDS. 



ing it should have a small teaspoonful of 

 warm bread and milk, and now and then a 

 little bit of sponge cake soaked in sherry 

 wine. 



OVERGROWN CLAWS AND BEAK. These, 

 although scarcely to be called diseases, some- 

 times have as bad an effect upon the health 

 of the bird as if they were really such ; for 

 the consciousness of possessing claws and 

 beak of an undue length, and the fear of 

 getting them entangled in the wires of the 

 cage, or other objects about, will cause it to 

 mope and refuse its food : therefore, they 

 should be properly trimmed with a pair of 

 sharp scissors. Care should be taken not to 

 cut them so closely as to produce blood. 

 This may always be avoided by holding the 

 claw to be operated on up to the light, and 

 seeing how far down the toes the vessels ex- 

 tend. Your grasp of the bird should be 

 firm, yet very gentle, and all that you do 

 should be done without haste or trepidation. 



WOODEN SHOES, it is a real pleasure to 



