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lu'X liiiril Willi hay is put in for s1cc|miii:- (|ii;trlcr~, simvI .md 

 watcf nvi i»i'()\i(lc I, luil oi the later, oiilx' a little is j,'-ivcMi, not 

 sufficient lor tlieiii to Katiie in and this little made nastj; by 

 the aid of a niihl pui'^Mtivc. Sand is ^ivcn w itli great modera- 

 tion, as also is euttlelione, ami \viieiie\-er possihle a supply 

 oi' live ants' " e,i:,irs " and .liTceii lly. Next nioi'iiing- a 1)atli is 

 f,'-i\(Mi them, iHit, the water is wanned and Ljiven early, 

 tli(> then have ample tinu' to get dry. iK'foi'O evening eonios 

 round, 'i'heir quarters should be warm, yet without draught 

 or stufliness. 



Keep them in tlii,> cage i'oi' aliout ten days, and, iheti 

 allow tlunn a lai'.iri'r one, still liowe\-er gi\ing them a 'lox lined 

 with hay. .Vllei- ten to toufteen days in this they should l)e 

 ready I'or the garden aviary, providing the weather is good, 

 Irat, in any case, they should not go out till they ariMn Fairly 

 good feather, and, "oy their Indglit and Ii^•ely demeanouj' show 

 themselves to he apparently pretty fit. When turned out 

 they should be kept under observation for the first twenty- 

 four hours or so, to see that they are going on all right. So 

 much for the purtdiasng and making them fit for theii' ehanc.-e 

 of life in the aviary. 



Tiiini; AviAKY Life: In addition to a roomy-flight, 

 their a\-iai'.\- will, of course, have a shelter shed to which. I hey 

 can retire at night. For two or three days bci'ore finally 

 letting them loose 1 p^ut their cage in the shelter-shed; the 

 advantage of this is two-fold: First it serves to accustom them 

 to the temperature, which is usually lower than that of their 

 nursing quarters, and secondly it gi\es them a chance of 

 knowing their way aiiout when om e they are let oiil . 



One fine moi'ning, as I came out of the shed. I open 

 the dooi of their cage and retire (piickly and ((uietlv, with the 

 resub that they make their exit from the cage without hurry 

 or scare and find themselves in the shed; the advantage of 

 this is that when they leave the cage they know where they 

 are, and when later they leave the shed, they have no difficulty 

 in finding their way back, and, if in addition a dish of seed is 

 placed where they can see it when they come out, they will 

 remember it and come back to it later. 



1 always do this with every bii'd I have wlien first 

 placing it in the aviary, except in the case of odtl birds put 



