THE REDBREAST. 
disease, which is so fatal to most birds, is by no means hard to 
cure in the robin. 
Mealworms will also cnre them of cramp. If they are 
troubled with giddiness, administer every day an earwig, or a 
green caterpillar. Sometimes, without any known cause, robins 
grow dull and melancholy ; when this is the case, a marigold 
flower, chopped up with their food, will cheer their spirits. 
When he is moulting, put enough saffron in his water to 
slightly tinge it, and give him some poppy-seed. Let him 
have plenty of water to drink and bathe in. As regards this 
latter practice, no bird seems more to enjoy a bath than the 
robin ; he will dabble about in the water till his feathers are 
all plastered down to his body, and he looks a perfect fright. 
TRAP FOR THE ROBIN. 
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