Part 457

Tincture ferri perchloride 1 drachm Acid hydrochloric, dil. 1⁠/⁠2 drachm Glycerine 1 1⁠/⁠2 drachms Aqua camphor, q. s. 1 ounce

Use 3 to 6 drops in drinking water.

«Ointment for Healing.»—

Peru balsam 60 grains Cola cream 1 ounce

Apply. {729}

«Constipation in Birds.»—

F. E. senna 2 drachms Syrup manna 1 ounce Fennel water, q. s. 4 ounces

Give a few drops on sugar in cage once daily.

«Diarrhœa.»—

Tincture iron chloride 2 drachms Paregoric 2 drachms Caraway water 3 1⁠/⁠2 ounces

Give few drops on lump of sugar once daily.

«Mocking-Bird Food.»—

Crackers 8 ounces Corn 9 ounces Rice 2 ounces Hemp seed 1 ounce Capsicum 10 grains

Mix and reduce to a coarse powder.

«Foods for Red Birds.»—

Sunflower seed 8 ounces Hemp seed 16 ounces Canary seed 10 ounces Cracked wheat 8 ounces Unshelled rice 6 ounces

Mix and grind to a coarse powder.

«Canary-Bird Food.»—

Yolk of egg (dry) 2 ounces Poppy heads (powdered) 1 ounce Cuttlefish bone (powdered) 1 ounce Sugar 2 ounces Powdered crackers 8 ounces

«Bird Tonic.»—

Powdered capsicum 20 grains Powdered gentian 1 drachm Ferri peroxide 1⁠/⁠2 ounce Powdered sugar 1⁠/⁠2 ounce Syrup, q. s.

Put a piece size of pea in cage daily.

«Tonic.»—

I.—Tincture cinchona 1⁠/⁠2 drachm Tincture iron 2 drops Glycerine 1 drachm Caraway water 1 ounce

Put a few drops on lump of sugar in cage daily.

II.—Compound tincture cinchona 2 drachms Compound tincture gentian 2 drachms Syrup orange 1 ounce Simple elixir 2 1⁠/⁠2 ounces

Put a few drops on lump of sugar in the cage daily.

«Antiseptic Wash for Cage Birds.»—