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former position at the bottom of the cage. At 

 last he will get desperate, pluck up courage, 

 and succeed, in placing- her in the situation that 

 he was formerly, but he will be more merciful 

 than she was, for he will not keep her there long; 

 they will then soon make up matters and raise a 

 large family. 



Birds, intended to be paired in the spring, 

 should not be kept together in the winter, as the 

 male will not sing so well, and they will not 

 breed so readily when the breeding season comes. 

 When your birds begin to moult, their breeding, 

 for the season, is over ; they should then be sepa- 

 rated and well fed, and your attention directed to 

 the young. 



In pairing birds that are of different colors, 

 there are some rules to be observed, that you 

 may have those colors pure and bright in your 

 young birds. In pairing the male primitive green 

 Canary (dark green above and yellow below) 

 with a pure white or bright yellow female, there 

 may be some of the brood like the male, and 

 some like the female, or part mottled like both ; 

 the young will be strong and healthy, and the 

 males good singers, as the dark green birds are 

 generally excellent songsters; the colors, also, will 

 be pure and bright. Many years ago I bred a 



