This antique text contains a comprehensive guide to the proper caring and management of canaries, covering such topics as diet, health, and nesting. A detailed handbook the contents of which are still as helpful today as at the time of its original publication, this book constitutes a must-have for anyone interested in canary aviculture. Contents contained herein include: 'Food for Newly-paired Birds', 'Prepared Food', 'Difficulties Experienced in Breeding', 'Unhealthy Birds', 'Breeding For Exhibition', 'Hens Refusing to Feed Their Progeny', 'First Brood', 'Delicate Health', 'Hand-feeding', 'Differences in Ages', 'Distinguishing Marks', et cetera. This text is proudly published here complete with a new introduction to aviculture.