CANARY FINCH. 



seeds they may have, they equally require green 

 food ; as chickweed in spring, lettuce and radish 

 leaves in summer ; endive, vi^ater-cress, and slices 

 of sweet apple in winter. The more simple and 

 natural the food is that is given to them, the more 

 wholesome it will be ; and, on the contrary, the more 

 it is mixed and rare, the more injurious and pro- 

 ductive of disease.* 



* Bechstein's Cage Birds. 



