gj6 THE CANARY. 



lay again. By sitting on the false eggs for 

 a short time, the canary will be stronger 

 than if she were suffered to begin laying 

 immediately after her own eggs were taken 

 away. 



By adopting this plan, the breeder will 

 have many more mules than if he al- 

 lowed the hen to bring up the young ones 

 herself; if, however, it should happen that 

 he have no canaries under which the eggs 

 can be placed, I should advise that the 

 goldfinch be taken away; when the hen, if 

 she be a kind feeder, will bring up her own 

 young ones extremely well. The breeder 

 should remember that the goldfinch must not 

 be put back to the canary again, till such 

 time as the young ones are old enough to 

 be taken away, that is, when they are able to 

 feed themselves, which is generally at about 

 a month old. 



When the young ones are taken away, 

 they must be put into a small cage, and fed 

 with bread and egg, and bruised hemp seed 

 mixed together, and set inside the cage, so 

 that they may have no difficulty to find it. 



