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

then gently open their bill and give them one quill
| nl at time. As soon as they leave the nest let
them alone. The male will begin to twitter an,
| MARBLE little, sometimes before he has LEFT tn,
nest They can be left alone as soon as they begiI
| 10 feed themselves. You will soon discover how
many male birds you have. Take the OLD nest ou
OF the cage and put in stun for new one and the
Old birds VIII mate again ana begin building
Sometimes the old ones are ugly to the first brood
and knock them around and pull their feathers out.
III they DO take the young ones out OF the cage and
put them Dy themselves. Put the young canary!
perch very low down. Never get your sand for your
birds from the sea beach, rs salt viii surely Kill
| them.
Twenty years ago there were comparatively few
canary birds In America. Their price ranges nov
| from four to ten dollars apiece.
| THE SISKN,
OF which we have spoken as crossing with Tn,
canary, Is quito favorte for the cage. HIS song
low, but he initiates the of some other birds.
| The siskin will eat too much when allowed; there
fore 1t Is best 70 deal his ratons TO him. These
birds are fed principally On poppy and hemp seed
! pounded up. They are valued at 81 and So.
THE GRAY LINNET
ana the green linnet are very gratifying TO their
purchasers. but the gray IS most admired. He has
reddish shade on hts breast, ana his wings
and tail are grayish brown. They are five inches
green one the latter being larger bird by an inch
or nearly The price Of this bird is generally So
THE GREEN LINNEr
can be fed on rape and canary seed mixed. A
small-slzet cage will do for them. Give them
plenty Of bathing water and gravel on the bottom
years, Their selling price Is 81 Or 50.
THE NIGHTINGALE
Oil sooner shall the Of May
Mstsksner uvu -Icc nisKsinsAe
s snsn we WI aQlht spat he u the S~setet singer
-..vpean Drds. Ine Nightmares RANK
| among birds IS what the rose Is among flowers So
many Of our readers never saw one. IL is the
plainest plumaged bird possible, with . demure
ave ~ sns ans N
deal like our cat bird It's head and back are gray
isn 6row1 ana It's breast is night ash color the
brown, and It's throat Is white.
| The nightingale abOunds all over Europe, but
there 80 plaintive, so tender, that II the barney
stone ever had heart the nightingale must have
hear them In the Emerald Isle, "when the belttng
moon should to their chaste primrose bower
known to live SIX or seven years but they frequently
die soon. They require great deal OF care;
Ineir cage should be foot DOT; ana hall s long ana
ded with three OF four layers Of cotton or wool to
prevent their hurting their heads against the top or
the cage Perches snOulu be put low down In their
cages. Buy the prepared food IRON The bird stores;
II comes In tins. Should the owners OF nightnRaes
| them how to do IT, The bird eats wheat bran or oat
meal, mixed up In carrot Juice. You have to CRATE
the carrot before you can press the juice out. DO
not mix stlf. and be to change 1t often enough
not TO let in the cage. You can also give them
hard boiled egg and some raw beef chopped fine;
bnt what they ike best in the way Of meat are meal
worms. The latter have to breed In the follow
six or eight quarts m It half full OF wheat mddlings
or bran and handful or two OF corn meal; then lake
old leather shoe and cut It In little chips and and
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paper torn up. with o little brown sugar on the
paper and mix these all through the bran and then
lay in fifty or o hundred meal worms, after which
put tin cover with dimnutve holes IN 1t TO al
low air. and set It for three months where 1t will
which viii lay eggs that will hatch out meal worms
again; give the nightlngales half dozen Of these
after the feet OF the BIRDS as they frequently die
| from sore feet. Take little CASTLE soap and luke
them WITH new cnarncd butter Keep the cage well
graveiled and clean. Give the nigntingales spiders
good for them, and during the mounting season ne
cessity THESE BIRDS require warm room. but
| look out for gas from the coal; that kills them.
In an old work called 'Russeps Apeon It Is
stated that In Asia and Persia the nlghtnRales sing
Sg aav 81 and se ~ Se
groves IN the daytime and from the oftest trees by
night. The natives OF these countries attach great
Importance TO them in supersutl0us way. For
ms lance, Russell tells us, "wnen about to start
Journey they go TO the seaside or Drookslde and
listen for the nightingale Tor bubulll ana when
they hear 1t they throw into the water the nower OF
the cocoanut tree and start. This insures pros
Dropping superstitions OF the Aslatics and Per-
| SLAMS, we come back to the nightingale, about
| wnlch we have not space to say more Inan that he
is called The "king OF songsers, by reason OF the
greatest compass and greatest variety OF notes. and
each one, II possible, sweeter than the other. The
will add that the nightingale Is fond OF elderberries
and dried currants but before you give them u the
| bird be sure 10 wash them clean.
| THE ENGLISH sKyLARK
| Emblem Emblem OF happiness
| Der the red stresmers that herald the day;
Over the coudlet dim
Musical vs ehsrsO soar singing 1 away
Mhere ON ny downy wing
Thy lay is in heaven, t6y love is on earth.
He Is noted BIRD and justly so. The sKyark has q
way OF MS own ABOUT flying that no other bird mas
line and he opens ms pretty throat rs he scars.
| aud upward and onward he goes his song growing
for lost the clouds and you see nun Tor
several minutes. You strain your eyes with watch
Ing, and then you behold little mote ana you
| know ne Ii coming You think you hear him; III AN
instant you know you do, for down TO earth again
the clear, full sound Is sent ana he alights at con-
siderable distance from his nest. lie then skulks
along through the grass as syly as If he thought
some lurking, unseen foe might be watching for
wing our way In safety to where the beau
uful Lady Lorelei has sat for ages comb
| comb, ana listen like HIM to the Wild, wondrous
| and mighty song she sings, the Whine she sinks
| the sailor ana MS SNIP We would IKE 10 see lor
ourself whether 1t that II the lady leaves or
| combng for one single instant tile whole SKY puts
| on mourning, the storm king gets angry, whistles
and goes abroad But we must leave tile storm king
and the beautiful Lady Lorelei and our own vain
desire, and talk only OF the skylark OF England,
| which Is precisely that OF America 10 q dot. We
| love the skylark, and wish we could write out mis-
notes Tor such OF our lady readers as nave not
| heard him 'wnen he FIRST gets up or q morning."
But whoever could write out notes OF the skyarK
or measure mis- metre could make scales with which
10 weigh out the priceless value OF true love and
!
we may presume TO tell you how lie looks. He
pretty fellow, pert and strong, with a
! breast ana sides spotted all over with dark
brown on an almost white groundwork. HIS
BACK Drownish, and spotted likewise.
he u nearly eight inches long, with large, beau
iui eye. Inc skyark mas one spot 100 many, how
ever, and THIS one spot Is In the wrong place. l IS