Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1881 — Coloring Canaries. [ARTICLE]

Coloring Canaries.

At a bird show in Berlin, Germany, I green canaries were exhibited. Others were red, light brown and gray. The variations of color had been caused by the daily use ot cayenne pepper in the food. The pepper was at first given in small quantities, and the birds appeared to like it, but the feathers soon fell, giving them a moulting appearance. In a short time new feathers of divers colors sprouted. The variations were ascribed to the different qualities of the pepper and to the quantity giveq.