100 CANARY BIRDS. 



reality. The bird mopes and is uncomfort- 

 able, ruffles up its feathers, and keeps open- 

 ing its bill as if it wanted air. The bill is 

 generally dry and yellowish underneath the 

 eyes, and the bird has a generally miserable 

 look about it suggestive of its real disease, 

 an exceedingly bad cold. Some strong 

 black tea without milk, linseed, poppy seed, 

 plenty of green stun , and a little liquorice 

 in the water, are amongst the best remedies, 

 but perfect warmth is the greatest requisite. 

 I think this complaint is contagious, and, 

 therefore, should always recommend remov- 

 ing any other birds from the same cage, or 

 if in an aviary, placing the sick bird in hos- 

 pital. 



PARASITIC INSECTS. Canaries who are 

 diseased, or not kept clean, are apt to 

 be troubled with small yellow lice in the 

 skin, or hid among the feathers. The birds 

 are constantly restless, and peck at different 

 parts of their bodies. Frequent bathing, or 

 water from a syringe, and a little aniseed 



