The Canary Birds 
Examine the rape seeds which you buy, carefully. 
Summer rape, which is the most desirable food for 
the singing canary, is a small, reddish, round seed. 
The larger round black seeds of mustard are often 
mixed with the rape and are not relished. 
If the bird wastes the seeds without cracking the 
husks, soak the seeds in tepid water for an hour or 
so before feeding, drain them on a dry paper or 
cloth before putting into the food-cup. The next 
day the cup should be emptied and scalded so that 
there may be no danger from musty seed. 
One large teaspoonful of seed is all that one bird 
needs for a day. 
To coax a canary to be tame and companionable, 
give it a few seeds of hemp now and then from the 
fingers or the lips. 
If tiny red mites or bird lice are seen about the 
cage, the bird should be removed and the cage 
and perches washed in creolin. This should be 
rinsed off in hot water and the cage thoroughly 
dried before the bird is returned. The bird should 
have a good insect powder like ‘“‘buhach,” thoroughly 
dusted through its feathers. 
REFERENCES 
True Brrp Stories and the Szeconp Book or Birps, Olive 
Thorne Miller. 
Our Birps AND THEIR Nzstuiines, Walker. 
Canary KEEPING FOR AMATEURS, W. T. Green. 
Tue Common SENSE oF CANARY AND Hysrip CANARY 
Cutture, The Spratt’s Co. 
Ho.pen’s Book on BIrRDs. 
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