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scald five or six senna leaves, using about a wineglassful of 

 boiling water ; when cold, pour off the liquid, add a table- 

 spoonful to their ordinary drinking water, and leave it for 

 two days ; this should have the desired effect. But if a 

 bird is ill, and suffering from a distended abdomen, give him 

 at once three drops of castor oil, on the end of a knitting 

 needle which has been previously warmed to cause the 

 oil to flow freely ; open his mouth, and drop the oil into 

 his throat. During the moult Greenfinches should have a 

 frequent change of diet, including hemp, turnip, and radish 

 seed, a little green food, and a slice of sweet apple ; place 

 the birds in the sun, but not in a draught, as nothing is so 

 pernicious to the health of birds as to place them in such a 

 position at this time. 



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