. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. The Gray Wagtail dry, the consequences may be fatal. When allthe washing is well over, the bird must be prop-erly dried. It is then very difficult to hold him THE BIRDS OF THE AVIARY 269 First he should be carefull)- rubbed down the is not advisable for the owner of a single canary back, breast, and head with a soft towel. Then to employ the Cayenne remedy, because in our the wings must be dried with e\ en more caution, day it is difficult to obtain it unadulterated, and being carefully rubbed always in their natural he risks
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. The Gray Wagtail dry, the consequences may be fatal. When allthe washing is well over, the bird must be prop-erly dried. It is then very difficult to hold him THE BIRDS OF THE AVIARY 269 First he should be carefull)- rubbed down the is not advisable for the owner of a single canary back, breast, and head with a soft towel. Then to employ the Cayenne remedy, because in our the wings must be dried with e\ en more caution, day it is difficult to obtain it unadulterated, and being carefully rubbed always in their natural he risks poisoning his pet with some deleterious. direction, after which the bird must be laid safe and sound, but still rather damp, on the flanne which has been spread on the floor of the cage. Though he will seem to be half dead, he is in reality full of life, and if he is left quietly to himself in some place carefull}- pn tected from drafts, he will recover from his fright in a \ few hours and be as gay as e\ ci A canary well cared for is a ^„ ~„„ „.„ „ „ - The Toilet of a pleasure to the eye ; yet even those j,.(,^ J^^^ carefully treated have to passthrough a period, which they cannot evade,when they are far from being charming to be-hold. We mean, of course, the molting phenomenon, which takes place every year,cannot be called a disease, though many birdsdie of it. As temperature has agreat influence on the duration ofthe molt, the birds should be keptwarm in some quiet, tranquil place ;the washings must cease ; and as forfood, more egg should be given andmore seed and bread, b
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