102 CANARY BIRDS. 



then be able to lay the egg easily. A warm 

 bath is also very good. 



CANCER, unless arrested before it becomes 

 developed, is a fatal disease, and is thought 

 to be contagious (it will be better to separate 

 the infected bird from its companions at 

 once). It always attacks the foot or the bill, 

 which become much swollen. The curative 

 process is to keep the cage constantly clean, 

 so that no particles of dust or dirt may ad- 

 here to the scirrhous part, and to bathe it 

 frequently with sweet or olive oil, and wash 

 with lukewarm milk. 



WANT OF APPETITE usually occurs after 

 breeding, moulting, or other sickness : in 

 this case take about equal parts of millet, 

 canary, rape, yellow, and a little hemp-seed, 

 mixed with the same quantity of clean 

 moistened garden loam ; knead well to- 

 gether, then dry the composition, cut it up 

 in small pieces, and feed it as required ; it 

 will keep a long time. 



SCABS ON THE HEAD may be best and 



