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cumstances we hold prevention to be far better tban 

 cure, and even if we had a room at our disposal for 

 the purpose, we should prefer a number of separate 

 cages or compartments for each pair of birds, rather 

 than turn them into it promiscuously. We speak 

 from our own experience in this matter, and confi- 

 dently recommend a separate cage such as we have 

 described above, to all who wish to unite the greatest 

 amount of success with the minimum of disaster. 



** When the young birds are to be weaned, or when a 

 number of old birds, after the breeding season is over, 

 have to be kept together, a third cage of a still different 

 construction is required. This is an oblong wire cage 

 of goodly size, according to the number of birds to 

 be put into it, and sufficiently large for the young birds 

 to fly about in, and exercise the muscles of their 

 wings and body. This is a matter of the very greatest 

 importance, for without exercise, and strong exercise 

 too, young birds can never be healthy or strong. Our 

 own cage is of the following dimensions, and one of 

 the best for the purpose we have seen, viz. four feet 

 long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-two inches 

 high. Every one may not have room enough for so 

 large a cage, but ^he nearer their cage approaches 

 these dimensions, most assuredly the better it will be 

 for their young birds. These cannot have too much 

 room for exercise, and on the quantity they arc able 



