Book excerpt: This book contains a detailed dictionary of diseases common in canaries, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention. This is the perfect handbook for any canary-keeper keen on the proper care and management of their birds, and it is well deserving of a place in any collection of avicultural literature. The chapters of this book include: General Remarks, Cause of Disease, Food, Apoplexy, Asthma, Breaks and Claws, Bronchitis, Cataract and Ophthalmia, Chorea, Constipation, Consumption, Cramp, Decline, Deformed Hind Claw, Diarrhea, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Epilepsy, Fainting or Syncope, Fainting Fits, et cetera. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless education value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction on aviculture.