The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-04

| dissolved In s0apy water-b0 an ounce OF saltpere
water and scald the cage with Il thoroughly and
WASH the bird with 1t under It's wings ana JOINTS
e Ses ce TO- L ps y s1 can e
orally In time 10 save your bird by noticing that ne
dropping and that mis- plamage 10 rampi s and
at once. 1t ID WELL however, TO wash the cage u Is
an old wooden one at least once month ION sus.
spicion." sometimes your birds VIII droop anu
lose their appetite from other causes such as cos
tveness, asthma or the pip; II the latter, you can
tell IL by their frequent gaping ana dry LOOKING
tongue, the latter looking Unnamed. me best
remedy for TINS Is TO take little ires9 a
then put small piece of garlic or wild onion anu
few pepper grams IN 1t; then let this mixture stand
sCnr w ksep c %
neaa Win It and give Nun Reppergrass ~ me eage
thai as the bird he will open MS bill, and you can
see that he breathes with dificulty. He mas cold.
and anects MIS- lungs Linseed tea by pouring few
good for him. Peppegass to eat is also good for the
bird. Hyou Judge the bird to be sick from costlve-
ness give HIM half drop OF oil on mis- tongue,
with little dried safrr0n Mower put In his drinking
water. Some think sweet oil Is better tnan castor;
the above dIrecIOns require The finest voiced bird
may lose MS song II exposed to cold draughtS OF ALI
al 0y 3sag xep In damp pa re very S
birds bakers bread in new milk II they WIN eat IT.
116 De sure 20 give them plenty Q, Inc green 1000
no more right to let sick bird die by neglectlng 10
attend to nun than II ne was human being ana
be very apt to do the other.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN TRooPIAL.
BEST power or tropic sunshine wnat influence
Is there In thy rays to color birds exqulsey and
30 gorgeously, and yet dealest 80 Numerically OPP
brighter tnan the trOopa, with his Respondent Per-
sian lilly hued body, with just glossy black while
US through ms cage the golden treasure be is sur.
rounded BY hllieree work, And he Is recOnclled
20 ms 81 cqa ny sr ne s worth
twice the size OF our Baltimore 0riole otherwise
n M re sae num- an6 oqds IN the tropics ga
wonderful nest about winch hurdis wrote
birds nest. Mark 1t well; within, without,
No tool had ne that wrought; no knife to cut;
70 SSJ FSs I'll. Join n: si.s An
xa .,: means a,s: o. s,s 7;-y ,@p'sn'A s -
Could make n me sas6 anosssr v.,n nsn
distinctive genius tolls.
Tho troopial becomes SO tame that ne hops out of
his cage and eats from the hand and whistles for
the favor. GIVE MIN large, square cage, BUY to0d
prepared for him from the bird store, and give him
besides grasshoppers and spiders and angie-worms.
and elegantly. 1t sounds like the sweet notes OF
Beecher's church organ These birds are very social
IN their nature; IKE company, and never quarrel.
No poet or painter can do them justice. Their shape
and proportions are alike to our swamp robin.
me price they bring IN the stores Is not enough
Tor them. They are sold Tor from ten to twenty
dollars.
PARROTS.
few words about parrots and we are done for
the nonce. We shall not stop to particularize about
any one OF them. You VIII readily understand that
we could not about all when we inform the reader
that there are nearly two hundred different kinds.
Those OF our readers VINO do not know all the par
rOt's pecullarities Will stand o chance TO become
acquainted with them II they attain the great Ion
Revl5y that the bird himself does, VIZ, hundred
years. The parrot Ii rascay and cunning enough
10 DC human, and when he Is heard say the right
WORD In the right place you feel as II he Is at
least the connecting link. There once 'pretty
Poll" whose home was on Sans0me street. San
francisco, that was wont 10 get his mistress into
trouble frequently by saying disagreeaoe things to
the passers by. There was q very pOrty boarding
house Keeper who lived around the corner from
Poll that for years had gone past the house to the
washington Market but was obliged to change her
route at last to avoid being made furious by 'pretJ
POlPS" salute IS soon aS sne rounded the corner,
''Well, fatty p "well fatty p' swell. fatty p'
"Fatty iatLy fatty !" until the woman was out OF
sight and then she could hear his laugh
There was another parrot owned at the same
time by the keeper OF canuy store IN Vallejo
street. who, when the run came on Adams Il CO.'S
bank drew her gold out and hid It for safety under
moor board. One day beggar came in, and the
stOrekeepcr shook her head and sald 'Pve got no
money TOR YOU" "LOOk UNDER the noOr," cried
Polly, and when he saw the woman looking fright.
But all parrots do not talk round cage best
suits them, and they are very little trouble. An
anecdOte Is told OF one, owned by deacon that got
out OF its cage and up In tree. The deacon
went after II, and stood looking wistfuly al Poll,
and tried to coax the bird down, but Polly only
laugl led and said 'let pray" We close with our
readers for to-day by echoing Polly's remark.