. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. t one days after the last egg is laid theyoung canaries may be expected. When themother is well settled on her eggs, the malebird becomes very busy in feeding her. It isnecessary to see that all dirt, impurities, and damp sand are promptly re-moved from the cage, or thefeet of the mother, who some-times quits the nest for a veryshort time, may carry it amongthe fledglings and cause theirdeath. The behavior of thefemale canary and of otherfemale birds differs verymuch. Some cannot bedriven from the nest; otherswill
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. t one days after the last egg is laid theyoung canaries may be expected. When themother is well settled on her eggs, the malebird becomes very busy in feeding her. It isnecessary to see that all dirt, impurities, and damp sand are promptly re-moved from the cage, or thefeet of the mother, who some-times quits the nest for a veryshort time, may carry it amongthe fledglings and cause theirdeath. The behavior of thefemale canary and of otherfemale birds differs verymuch. Some cannot bedriven from the nest; otherswill always go off and swingupon their perches if any onegoes near the cage. It is imprudent to examinethe eggs continually, andpatience cannot be tooearnestly recommended to young breeders. Assoon as the little ones are hatched the samecaution need not be observed. Both the qualityand quantity of their food must be attended to,for it is not always as good and as regularly pro-vided as one would naturally expect from a well-bred mother. The food of both parents ought. The Woodpecker THE BIRDS OF THE AVLARY 271 to be very abundant durint;- this ijcrioil and color, which she endeavors to render as elegantshould consist chietly of eggs. If it is evident and peculiar as possible. As the canary readilythat the little ones are not receiving enough, allows itself to be mated with other species,they must be fed with tiny crumbs of egg given a great variety of bastard breeds of many colorson a bit of blunt wood. It is very easy to see has been obtained,whether they have a goodmother or not. If properlyfed, their growth will be \isi-ble from dav to da\-. Theirbreasts should be full, theirbodies round, and the} shouldlook very lively. If their de-velopment stops, they mustbe fed with hens eggs, hardboiled, which is not difficult todo, for young canaries, likeall other young birds, opentheir mouths \-ery wide. At the end of fifteen daysthe nest ought to be changedfor a larger one, because they
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