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circular holes, sufficiently large to give the birds 

 ingress and egress to their nests. In these divisions 

 they will build, and also rear their young. 



" To enable you, when occasion requires, to get 

 access to these nest-boxes, have square doors made in 

 the side of the cage, opening outward. Tou can then 

 quietly make your observations, and avoid disturbing 

 your birds. In the front of the cage, there should be 

 two large tin pans inserted, one on either side, to 

 hold the seed ; also a circular hole in the centre, to 

 admit the birds' heads while drinking. A receptacle 

 of tin should be provided to hold the water, sus- 

 pended by bent wires. To enable your birds to get 

 at their food the more readily, a long, narrow perch 

 should run immediately behind these tins, from one 

 end of the cage to the other. Let the inside be 

 painted thrice in oil, white." 



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