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may be given. A piece of chalk may be 

 put between the bars of the cage for the 

 bird to nibble, or some scraped chalk scat- 

 tered on the floor. If these remedies fail, 

 I have not much faith in anything else. 

 Green food to be omitted. 



CONSTIPATION is most effectually relieved 

 by green food. 



RUPTURE OR SURFEIT is not uncommon 

 with improperly fed birds, from their eating 

 too much food, though of nourishing kinds, 

 producing an inflammation of the bowels. 

 Belief is sometimes obtained by a spare diet, 

 with a little salt, alum, or a rusty nail in the 

 drinking vessel ; anoint any skin which has 

 become bare with lard. 



ACCIDENTS. The best way to accustom 

 a bird to fly, when it is old enough to do so, 

 is to let out a few of those who are quite 

 accustomed to it, and then, having drawn 

 down the blinds, or, still better, closed any 

 muslin curtains, the bird will hop out of its 

 cage peaceably, and when it has once exa- 



