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CANARY BIRDS. 



0'103) in water to be given every three hours; also Chili- 

 saltpetre of the size of a poppy-seed grain in water. In 

 cases of inflammation of the lungs, the same course as with 

 catarrh of the windpipe will be pursued. 



Pulmonary Consumption {Tubercles). — Cause : 

 Hereditary, or breeding in over-heated places. Symptoms : 

 The same as with pulmonary inflammation, but in a higher 

 degree. Cure : Impossible. 



Breeders and dealers in the Hartz recommend particularly 

 nourishing food, such as a mixture of hard-boiled egg, grated 

 wheat-bread and brown candy, on which a bird may, it is 

 true, continue to exist for some months, but its song 

 remains weak, and the bird must never be used for breed- 

 ing. Bocker suggests water from the mineral spring at 

 Eras, for drinking, and rape-seed moistened with a few drops 

 of cod-liver oil, as a possible cure. Even the most expert 

 connoisseurs cannot determine, upon examining the voice of 

 a hoarse bird, whether the latter is incurable, i.e., con- 

 sumptive or not. Bocker says : "In the case of a fine 

 ' rolling ' bird, a weak, thin voice is considered to be the 

 forerunner of hoarseness, but as the latter at the com- 

 mencement generally becomes apparent only in the early 

 morning, or late in the afternoon, it frequently escapes the 

 notice of visitors or buyers at a strange breeding-establish- 

 ment wmose 1 examining ' time is usually limited to the 

 middle of the day." 



The Windpipe Worm is one of the most destructive 

 animal parasites, and is found in all kinds of room-birds and 

 yard-poultry. It appears in the form of a leech, is cylindri- 

 cal in shape, but pointed towards the back, and of a reddish 

 colour. In males they are 4-5 m.m., females 12-13 m.m. 

 long, O'^-OIG m.m. thick. Its eggs are cylindrical, 0*11 

 long, 0*1036 m.m. thick, and its mouth has a strong suction- 



