IN DEX. 



Age of Canaries, 73. 



Analytical examinacion of first "fed" birds, 81. 



Animals, JMan's love for, i. 



Artificial feeding, 59. 



Aspect, importance of, 18. 



Asihma, 286. 



Aviaries, in-door, 11 ; out-door, 7 ; advantages and 

 disadvantages, 7 ; nest-material, 13; hoppers 

 for, 15 ; fountain for, 15 ; bath in, 16. 



Basket nests, 41. 



Bath-cages, 47. 



Bath in aviaries, 16. 



Belgian Canaries, 188 ; breeding, 208 ; breeding- 

 cages, 213 ; training, 194, 216 ; Belgian and 

 English ideas of, 217; moulting, 218; points 

 of, 190 ; show-cages for, 205 ; judging, 206, 

 221 ; not washed, 219. 



Belgium, Canarj'' exhibitions irr, 203. 



Bemrose, Mr., brings out cayenne-fed birds, 82. 



Bowels, inflammation of, 288. 



Breeding-cages, 27 ; for Belgians, 213. 



Breeding-room, the, 17; stove for, 19; mice and 

 cats in, 21, 38. 



Breeding season, long and short, 17. 



Breeding-stock, selecting," 49. 



Breeding, time for, 49 ; symptoms of, 49; match- 

 ing, 50 ; principles of, 109. 



Buflf, meaning of, 94. 



Cage-making. 24. 



Cages — the London, 25 ; stacks of, 26 : construc- 

 tion of, 27; wiring, 29. 30, 33 ; seed and water 

 holes, 31 ; perches, 33 ; seed and water vessels, 

 35 — 37; hanging, 38 ; whitewashing, 38 ; in- 

 sects in,' 39 ; for breeding two hens, 67 ; pack- 

 ing, 283 ; for Belgians, 205 ; for Coppies, 356 . 

 for Scotch Fancy Canaries, 2335 for exhibition, 

 281. 



Canaries, exhibiting, 284 ; washing, 276. 



Canary, a general favourite, 3. 



Canary Mules, 258, 272. 



Candlewicks for nests, 41. 



Cannibalism, 62, 



Cap of Lizard, 156 j faults of, 157. 



Catching birds, 73. 



Cats in breeding-rooms. 21. 



Cayenne mixture, 85. 



Cayenne, moulting on, 78 ; different qualities of, 

 85 ; on Lizards, 170. 



Change in plumage, of Lizards, 167 ; of London 

 Fancy, 176. 



Changing nests, 63. 



Chilled eggs, 56. 



Cinnamon Canaries, 139 ; colour of, 141 ; marked 

 144; crested, 145; breeding, 146; judging, 

 152 ; and Mule-breeding, 266. 



Claws, overgrown, 290. 



Clean, in Scotch Fancy, 229. 



Clear Mules, 271. 



Colds and coughs, 286. 



Colour, natural and unnatural, 79 ; yellow and 

 buff, 94 ; feeding for, 78 ; in young birds, 7 



Consumption, 285. 



Contests in Canary singing, 295. 



Coppies, 250; points of, 251 ; classification of, 255 ; 

 breeding, 256; cages for, 256; judging, 257. 



Constipation, 288. 



Cottagers and Canaries, 3. 



Coventry cage, the, 281. 



Covering up mouUing birds, 8g. 



Cracks, harbours for insects, 41. 



Cramp, 290. 



Crested Norwich birds, 102, 127. 



Crests, faults in, 129. 



Crossing, Cinnamons, 140, 147 ; London Fancy 

 and Lizards, 184 ; Norwich and Co^jpy, 130 ; 

 Yorkshire and Coppy, 240. 



Crushed and ground fuod, 46. 



Diagn 



^..jsis of disease, 285. 

 xJiixnhcEa., 287. 

 Digestive organs, diseases of, 287. 

 Diseases of Canaries, 285. 

 Domesticity of the Canary, 3. 



CANARIES. 



Doors of cages, 31, 32, 34. 

 Draughts in aviaries, 11 ; breedingr 

 Drawers for seed, 36. 

 Drying Canaries, 279. 

 Dun Canaries. 139, 

 Dutch, Old, Canaries, 197. 



Early cayenne-fed birds, suspected, 1 



Earthenware nest-boxes, 44. 



Egg-bound, remedy for, 53. 



Egg-drawers, 46. 



Egg-food, 46, 60, 



Kgg-register, 54. 



Egg-sieve, 45. 



Egg-troughs and tms, 46. 



Eggs 



Entei 



Exhibiting C; 



Fainting fits, 290. 



Featherinc;, 63. 



Feeders for young birds, 61. 



Feeding young, difference in cocks and hens, 59, 



65. 

 Feet, sore, 293. 

 Felt for nests, 43. 

 Fining birds, 280. 

 Fits, treatment of, 290. 

 Flight-cages, 69. 

 Flighting, 86. 



Food for rearing, 60 ; for young Canaries, 68. 

 Food in aviaries, 14. 

 Foul, in Scotch Fancy Canaries, 229. 

 Fractured Hmbs, 290. 

 Fronts of cages, 28. 



Germans and Canaries, 5 ; Song Canaries, 292. 



Goldfinch and Canary Mules, 258, 



Green Canaries, 243. 



Green food, 50, 60. 



Green, its part in Canary colour, 95. 



Greens, "dipping into," 115. 



Guilds in Belgium, 188. 



Hanging cages, 38. 



Harcz district. Canaries in, 292. 



Hatching of Canaries, 58. 



Heat, artificial, 19. 



History of the Canary, 4. 



Holding birds, 73. 



Hybrids, see Mutes. 



Incubation, period of, 56. 

 Indigestion in young birds, 70. 

 Infant mortality, 61. 

 Insect vermin, 38—41. 



Jonque, meaning of, 94. 

 Judging Norwich, 136; C 

 173 ; London Fancy 



2 ; Lizards, 

 173; Lonaon r ancy, 107; lieigians, 211; 

 Scotch Fancy, 237 ; Yorkshires, 247 ; Coppies, 

 257. 



Lancashire Coppies, see Coppies. 



Laying, dangers of, 52. 



Liver, inffaTimation of, 289. 



Lizards, 154 ; marking and colour of, 155 ; breeding, 

 165 ; changes in plumage, 167 ; moulting, 169 

 evil effects of cayenne on, 170; judging, 173 

 origin of the London Fancy, 175 ; crossing 

 with Norwich, 117. 



Lncalities where Canaries are bred, 3. • 



London cage, the, 25. 



London Fancy Canaries, 5, 175; changes in plumage, 

 176; points of, 178; breeding, 181; different 

 types of, 183 ; moulting, 177, 185 ; judging, 187. 



Manchester Coppies, see Coppies. 



Manilla cord nests, 41. 



Marking and variegation, 96, 119 ; difficulties of, 



124. 

 Marking birds, 69. 

 Matching Canaries, 50. 

 Mealy, meaning of, 94. 

 Medicines, list of use ul, 291. 

 Mice in breeding-room, 21, 38. 



Mingling colours, necessary, 113. 



Model and action, in Scotch Fancy, 226. 



Mortality in young birds, 61. 



Moulting, 71 ; on cayenne, 78 ; sickness in, 

 heat in, 89. 



Moulting-cage, 84 ; for Lizards, 169. 



Mouiting-room, Messrs. Mackleys', 76. 



Mule-breeding, 265, 272. 



iSIules — Canary and Goldfinch, 258 ; Canary ; 

 Linnet, 272 ; Canary and Greenfinch, 2 

 Canary and Siskin, 273 ; Goldfinch and E 

 finch, 273 ; Goldfinch and Greenfinch, 2 

 Goldfinch and Linnet, 275 ; Bullfinch 





Muling hen C 



75- 



1, 266. 



Nest-boxes, 39. 



Nest-building in aviaries, 13. 



Nest-feathers, plucking, 86. 



Nest material, 13, 51. 



Nests, renewing, 63. 



Norwich Canaries, 91 ; marked, 97, 119 ; crested, 



Norwich, Canary-breeding in, 91. 

 Numbers of Canaries bred, 3. 

 Nursery-cages, 47, 64. 



Packing show-cages, 283, 



Painting show-cages, 282. 



Pairing of Canaries, 49. 



Paris, early varieties of Canary in, 5. 



Pedigree-breeding, log. 



Perches, for aviaries, 13 ; for cages, 33. 



Pest, or plague, 291. 



Pets, instinctive love of, i. 



Phthisis, 285. 



Piebald, in Scotch Fancy, 229. 



Pink eyes in Cinnamons, 139, 147, 149. 



Plainheads and Crests, 128, 

 Plainheads, see Coppies. 

 Plucking, 52, 65 ; remedies for, 65, 66. 

 Plumage of cage-birds, 74. 

 Plumage, technical terms of, 125. 

 Position, in Belgians, 194. 



Quality in Norwich Canaries, 92, 118. 

 Quietness in bird-room, 53. 



Rearing, difficulties of, 58, 61, 

 Rearing the young, 68. 

 Registering eggs, 54. 

 Respiratory organs, diseases of, 285. 

 Rules of Belgian Societies, 203. 

 Running cock with two hens, 67. 



Saffron in moulting, 8g. 



Sand and earth in cages, 55. 



Scales forjudging, see Judging. 



Scotch Fancy Canaries, 223; origin of, 224; model 



and action, 225, 227; breeding, 231 ; training, 



233; cages for, 233 ; judging, 236. 

 Seed-hoppers, 14, 35. 

 Sexes, to distinguish, 72. 

 Shelves as cages, 24. 

 Show-cages, 281 ; for Belgians, 205, 281 ; for 



Coppies and Yorkshires, 281; painting, 282 ; 



packing, 283 ; staging, 284 ; for Scotch Fancy 



Canaries, 233. 

 Show-rooms, arrangement of, 284. 

 Sifting seed, 48. 

 Singing contests, 295. 

 Sitting Canaries, food for, 55. 

 Societies in Belgium, 189 ; rules of, 203. 

 Song Canaries, 292 ; in England, 294 ; feeding, 



294, 295. 

 Sore feet, 290. 



Spain, Song Canaries bred in, 292. 

 Spangling of Lizards, 160; faults in, 162. 

 Stack of cage^, 27. 

 Staging Canaries, 284. 

 Stove for breeding-room, 19. 

 Surfeit, 290. 



Suspicions of first cayenne-fed Canaries, 80. 

 Sutton-in-Ashfield, origin of cayenne process, 80. 

 Sweating young biids, 60. 



