CANARY-BIRD. 
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ty, he muff be put in a feparate cage and placed 
in the fun in the fame room with the hen. If 
his feathers appear rough, you muft look if he 
has not a pimple above the tail ; when the fup- 
puration here is fit to be opened, the bird of- 
ten performs it himfelf with his bill ; but if it 
goes on too flowly, it muft be opened with a 
large needle, and the wound anointed with 
faliva, without mixing any fait with it, which 
would fmart it too much. The next day, you 
may let him loofe, and obferve, by his behaviour 
and eagernefs for the hen, whether he is cured 
or not. If not, you muft take him again, and 
with a fmall quill blow a little white wine un- 
der his wings, put him in the fun, and next 
day when you let him loofe judge as before of 
the ftate of his health ; if melancholy and dif- 
guft for the female continue after thefe reme- 
dies, all hope of cure is vain : he muft be put 
into a feparate cage, and another male given to 
the hen fimilar to the one fhe has loft, or if 
that cannot be, one of the fame variety with 
lierfelf : there is generally moft fympathy be- 
tween thofe which refemble each other, except 
in the cafe of cream-coloured varieties which 
prefer the females of any other colour. But 
care muft be taken that the new male be not a 
novice, but already acquainted with the duties 
of a parent. When the female falls fick fhe 
muft have the fame treatment with the male. 
