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to be very abundant during this period and collar, which she endeavors to render as ele-ant 

 should consist chiefly of eggs. If it is evident and peculiar as possible. As the canary readily 

 that the little ones are not receiving enough, allows itself to be mated with other species, 

 they must be fed with tiny crumbs of egg given a great variety of bastard breeds of many col(jrs 

 on a bit of blunt wood. It is ver)' easy to see has been obtained, 

 whether they have a good 

 mother or not. If properly 

 fed, their growth will be visi- 

 ble from day to day. Their 

 breasts should be full, their 

 bodies round, and they should 

 look very lively. If their de- 

 velopment stops, they must 

 be fed with hens' eggs, hard 

 boiled, which is not difficult to 

 do, for young canaries, like 

 all other )'oung birds, open 

 their mouths ver)' wide. 



At the end of fifteen da)'s 

 the nest ought to be changed 

 for a larger one, because the 

 young birds are then begin- 

 ning to beat and flutter their 

 wings and need more room. 

 At the end of si.\ weeks they should be sepa 

 rated from their parents. 



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OUK FltriiND THE Sl'/\RRinV 



The canaries of the different countries — 

 French, German, and English — can be dis- 

 Of course much more work is to be done tinguished by their shape and song. The 

 in the great establishments where the breeding French breed is noted for its slender f(.)rm; the 

 and raising of canaries is made a business. So German species, formed chiefly of the Hartz 

 many things must be thought of and attended birds, is the musical breed par cxcclhiicc: 

 to that special works and manuals 

 on the subject are issued 

 Our advice is in- 



tended, as we said 

 in the beginning, 

 for those who 

 wish to tend 

 and rear these 

 little songsters X, 

 in their homes 



No.NXETTRS WITH BLACK Hi:.\n 



AND Blue axo Black Belly 



VI. V.ARiETiES OF Birds 

 In enumerating the principal 

 species of the canary we ought 

 to remark that while Germany 

 and the other continental countries of Europe found in Holland, though varieties of it e.xist 

 devote themselves to raising good singers, the under the names of Belgian canar)', trumpet 

 United States is also concerned with form and canary, and so forth. 



the English races are nearly 

 always ver)- tall, of t\'pi- 

 . -^. cal colors , and 

 adcirned with a 

 tuft or topknot. 

 Before Ger- 

 man)' thought 

 of raising the 

 Hartz canar\' it 

 was generall)' known 

 in Holland, where a fine, 

 strong, healthy race was bred 

 and sent to all parts of the world. 

 At present the Dutch canary, 

 })roperly so called, is no lunger 



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