CANARY BIRDS. 1Q1 



mixed with the gravel on the floor, are the 

 best preventives. 



I once bought two birds at the door which 

 were evidently made very uncomfortable by 

 a torment arising from want of bathing 

 very minute red insects Kke cheese mites, 

 which were amongst their feathers. Newly- 

 bought birds, for fear of such annoyances, 

 should never be mixed at first with others, 

 unless they are obtained from a dealer on 

 whom one can depend. 



EGG-KUPTUBE consists of an obstruction 

 of the passage through which the eggs are 

 ejected, and most frequently proves fatal ; 

 she often fancies she has laid, and broods 

 upon an empty nest : a few drops of olive 

 oil applied to the vent is one of the best 

 remedies. Great care must be taken in han- 

 dling the bird, or the confined egg may be 

 broken, a catastrophe that would probably 

 cause immediate death. After the remedy 

 has been applied, do not let her loose, but 



place her gently upon the nest, and she may 

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