SIGNS OF ILL-HEALTH. 



Ill 



song, nesting, etc., and will remain permanently healthy. 

 In every case it is easier to prevent diseases than to cure 

 them. 



In modern times we have progressed, not only in the 

 general care and the breeding of birds, but also in the 

 knowledge, and, consequently, in the treatment of diseases 

 to which birds are subject. As a result of observations ex- 

 tending over a great many years and of long investigation 

 and treatment, men of science and experience, such as Prof. 

 Zuern of Leipsic, have been enabled to establish a rational 

 and systematic treatment of the diseases of birds, and hav- 

 ing bestowed particular care upon the treatment of bird- 

 diseases, founded partly upon my own experience, and partly 

 upon the researches of Dr. Zuern, I am enabled to offer in 

 my book a method of healing which promises great success. 



All the remedies prescribed are procured partly from the 

 chemist's, and partly from the druggist's shop, the solutions 

 being always made in distilled water, unless some other 

 liquid, such as spirits of wine, etc., has been expressly indi- 

 cated. As the delicate constitution of the canary, first and 

 foremost, requires the utmost precaution, I think it neces- 

 sary to reduce the proportions of the doses to a minimum. 



Signs Of Ill-Health. — Every bird which does not 

 appear lively and fresh ; whose movements are not brisk, or 

 whose eyes are not clear, but, on the contrary, dull and 

 weak-looking; whose nostrils are dirty or cleaving together; 

 whose plumage is not smooth and spruce, but rather puffed 

 up, or, w T orse still, soiled at the abdomen; who sits moping, 

 with drooping head, or is short of breath, and utters a 

 smacking noise or a whistling note while breathing ; who is 

 indifferent to being approached, or is sitting in an apathetic 

 posture, must be considered as being sick, and should at 

 once be removed from the other birds. It is also to be ob- 

 served that the breast of a healthy biid must be fleshy, and 



