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a country walk in this manner^ and you may^ if you will, obtain an inno- 

 cent and lasting benefit. 



Pembroke Square, Kensington, May, 1856. 



A LIST OF SIZES OF CASES FOR BIKDS. 



BY THE REV. F. O. MORRIS. 



I GIVE my readers a paper which will, I am inclined to hope, be found 

 very useful to many ornithologists, a list, namely, of British Birds, arranged 

 according to the size of the different cases which may be appropriately 

 assigned to each. I have made twelve divisions, and I think that these 

 will be seen to be sufficient for the purpose. A great deal of trouble, 

 confusion, and want of arrangement would be saved by the adoption of 

 some such method. There may be a doubt as to whether this or that 

 bird would not be better adapted to a case a size larger or a size smaller, 

 and alterations can be made accordingly wherever it may seem better to 

 each collector. Having the cases made in a series of uniform sizes to hold a 

 specimen of each species, considerably more room will be found to be available, 

 and the different situations occupied by land and water-birds on the ground 

 or on a branch will also yield accommodation, as will likewise any adaptation 

 of attitude that may perhaps in some extreme instances be found necessary 

 or desirable. In a few instances the height and length must be reversed. 



The following are the sizes I have determined on as the best, and I 

 subjoin a list of the birds that seem likely to fit in each: — 



No. Height. Width. Depth. 



No. 

 1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



Height. 

 in. 



6 



9 

 11 

 12 



20 

 24 



Width. 

 in. 



5 



7 



9 



11 



18 

 18 



Depth, 

 in. 



3 

 S 



4 

 5 

 9 

 9 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



26 

 28 

 32 

 34 

 36 

 39 



25 



20 

 18 

 26 

 27 

 31 



10 

 9 

 9 

 12 

 11 

 15 



No. 1. 

 Chiff Chaff. 

 Creeper, Common. 

 Begulus, Dalmatian. 

 Kegulus, Fire-crested. 

 Regulus, Golden-crested. 

 Titmouse, Bearded. 

 Titmouse, Blue. 

 Titmouse, Cole. 

 Titmouse, Crested. 



Titmouse, Great. 



Titmouse, Long-tailed. 



Titmouse, Marsh. 



Wren. 



Wren, Willow. 



Wren, Wood. 



Wren, yellow-bUled Willow. 



No. 2. 



Accentor, Alpine. 

 Blackcap. 



