138 BIRDS. 



either strychnine or arsenic and, Hke phosphor paste, take 

 effect so quickly that nothing can be done as a rule to save the 

 victim. 



Prevention. — Burn all poisons not kept in proper receptacles 

 and labelled. 



Treatment. — Good nursing. Separate the sick from the 

 flock and give tonic medicines, as iron and quinine made into 

 pills and pushed down the throat. 



WORMS. 



Domestic fowls, as well as cage, and wild-birds, serve as 

 hosts to a large number of parasites. We have not space to 

 enumerate them, but as to the important business of getting rid 

 of them, we may remark that there are two chief classes, the 

 round and the flat, and that the former can be generally expelled 

 by santonine, and the latter by areca-nut, and oil of male 

 fern. 



The majority of birds will eat a sop containing the two 

 first-named drugs, but the latter must be given in pill form. 



Where a flock wastes and no apparent cause can be found, 

 a careful post-mortem examination should be made, as the 

 presence of parasites may be the solution. 



