THE

AMERICAN BIRD FANCIER;

OR,

HOW TO BREED, REAR, AND CARE FOR

SONG AND DOMESTIC BIRDS;

WITH THEIR

DISEASES AND REMEDIES.

BY

D. G. BROWNE,

AUTHOR OF "THE SILVA AMERICANA," "AMERICAN POULTRY YARD,' "ETC.

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

BY

FULLER WALKER, M. D.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:

ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1892.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by the

ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

IRDS have been regarded, from our childhood days, as the most delightful objects of animated nature; no music falls so tenderly upon the ear, or reaches the heart sooner, than that of the lovely feathered choristers. Every person can find something to admire in birds, from the great eagle which circles above the Rocky or White Mountains, defying the brilliancy of the sun, to the little brown thrush which pipes its feeble notes in the hedge. The great variety