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.g€od plan to place in the room or aviary slips of pine, 

 which being cut in Eebruary do not lose their leaves. 

 If a little enclosure of wire-gauze can be fixed over 

 the window, where the birds can enjoy the fresh air, 

 nothing will mere effectually contribute to render the 

 young healthy and robust. 



Birds which are to be paired for the first time, 

 should be previously placed in the same cage for seven 

 or eight days, in order to become acquainted and 

 accustomed to live together. If two females are to be 

 caged with one male, it is especially necessary that 

 they should be together long enough to leave off 

 quarrelling, and the pairing cage should be divided 

 into two equal parts, communicating by a sliding 

 door. This being done, a lively male and one of the 

 females should be placed in the first division ; as soon 

 as she has laid, the male should be moved into the 

 other division, the door of separation being shut ; but 

 as soon as the other has also laid, the door may be 

 left open : the male will then visit the females alter- 

 nately, and they will not trouble themselves about each 

 •other ; but without these precautions jealousy would 

 incline them to fight, and destroy each other's eggs. 



"When it is intended to place a great many fe- 

 males, double or treble the number of males, in a 

 room or aviary, the latter should always be first paired 

 with a single female, which will ever after remain the 



