New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
SCENES IN A BIRD STORE.
ssANARY WHICH DID NOT SING; PARROT
WHICH WOULDN'T TALK.

WHICH WOULDN'T TALK.
The noisy chatter1ng. chirping stores along
aver Third and Fourth aves. which deal IN
irds and small animal pets are interesting 10
visit at any time. They are particularly SO
on a pleasant afternoon, when women ana men
and little children bring their pets to be cufed
of all sorts of troubles. 1t reminds one some
hat of the visits of the poor bringing children
afflicted with human ills to the pubic dlspehsd-
ries which are scattered about the CITY.
rs this where you teach birds to sing?' de-
handed a feshy woman, between snort sh'lp p
;asps for breath. She carried a cage swathed
u cotton batting
1T depends altogether on the bird SAID the
obon+ who is besides a bird doctor and
.;,;,,e, teacher what's the matter with this
one?"
Well l suppose it's just because Tom-he
Inv busband-bought him. she said, breathing
,asilv again He is always picking up pai
gains that never turn out. he pought 'hia
fttla canary on the street and the man s"oie
that If was a regular sweet singer, put IL HIS
rot sung note
What have you done to start II 'Sheu ''io
Lird man. .r
..0h il is Just too funny" she besah
hcught some singing seed from our sio'eis
,.,arar know it was singing seed, because 1t
wa
Dickv for two days. Then one morning Ioin
cot NJ, earIv and tried to get his own breakfast
70 thought the bird seed was new KIND OF
,.aol,faet food and aIe half box OF IT, II
,.-.6a him sing N-heE 1 told him his mistake
..you leave tie bird with me and return In d
,.-oel, said the man. 4 won't promise 10 sue
,esd. but well Go our best to teach him.
Tho woman went away rejoicing, and the
s., ;d was given his first singing lesson by being
mi in a cage with a noisy songster
When canaries are sick they geneTahy sel
veil by themselves or die in the attempt ou'
with narrots if is different. The slightest sign
C. something the matter with Poll is an eA-
,.use tor a visit to the bird man. An overs;ro~n
bill is often the cause of parrot trouble. IL
the bird was at liberty and had access to rocks
and trees this trouble would not occur In
cantiyitv however the bill often grows so
long trat the bird cannot hold or crush IFS
seed The bill should be trimmed Off neatly
with sharp knife, according to the plrd man.
parrots nails grow rapidly and must &c
trimmed quite often. pair of cutting pill
ers is the usual instrument, and all goes we'll
if one takes care not to cut a vein, which can
be distinguished with difficulty. If a vein is
cut accidentally the bleeding can be stopped
by touching the cut with 4 red hot iron.
Look out how you take hold of a strange
bird handler, of No. 243 East Eightieth-st.,
whose birds were posed for the photographs
which illustrate this article IF you are care
less there will result a hand covered with
painful scratches. A heavy glove is the best
covering and if grabs quickly and surely.
taking care of the parrots beah as well as his
claws there is little danger
A man with parrot followed the woman Of
the songIess canary into the Fourth-ave store.
This here DANCED bird the man began.
Naughty Naughty Naughty man. shrieEed
q great bird of green and red, which peered
through the bars of n gilded cage.
This parrot" corrected the visitor, refuses
absolutely to talk Now. what on earth good is
the ugly bird if he won't have anything to say
to you? 4 fellow down at the office tcld me
to trim his tongue and he'd talk like 4 streak"
Talk Polly, talkt' begged the store parrot
who is well trained that he can answer the
telephone if some one takes the receiver off the
hook. cali him up Hello, Central!'