Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1892 — Canaries. [ARTICLE]

Canaries.

A correspondent of the London Spectator writes chattily of ilia pet canaries, and seems to show -that they are very human in • their reason and unreason. During some intensely hot weather, when the hen was sitting, she drooped, and it seemed as if she would not be able to hatch her eggs. The cock, however, showed himself an excellent nurse. After bathing in fresh, cold water, lie went every morning to the edge of the nest and allowed the hen to refresh herself by buryine her head in his breast. A green and yellow canary hung side by side, and were treated exactly alike. One day three dandelion blossoms were given to she green bird and two to the yellow one. The latter showed his anger at the proceeding by “Hying about his cage, singing in a shrill voice.” But when one of the three Howers was taken away, both birds seemed quietly to enjoy their feast.