98 CANARY BIRDS. 



irnQ to it seeming to comfort and amuse it 

 mightily. The leg was stiff and useless for 

 a long time after, but when once it had 

 begun to bathe, the recovery was rapid, and 

 the bird now is a very fine and healthy one, 

 and has built arid hatched this summer. 



In the spring of the year birds sometimes 

 become mopish, and without any apparent 

 cause stop singing and allow their feathers 

 to become, and to continue ruffled. Hang- 

 ing the bird in the window, or near some 

 green plants, will often effect a change. 



FITS. Sometimes, especially if a bird 

 builds early in the year while the weather is 

 cold, she will be subject to a sort of fit when 

 she begins to lay her eggs or sits ; probably 

 cold weather renders her much more ex- 

 hausted. In the cold spring this year, one 

 of my birds was very ill indeed ; she lay on 

 her side with all her feathers fluffed out, and 

 did not even stir when her mate in the ex- 

 cess of his affectionate disquietude perched 

 himself on her shoulder, and setting his feet 



