■J ZEBRA FINCHES (AUSTRALIAN) 



CHAPTER XIII 

 MANAGEMENT OF CAGES AND AVIARIES 



" Birds have not their town and country houses, — their 

 villas in Italy, and shooting-boxes in Scotland. The country in 

 which they build their nests is their proper home." 



IT is often rather puzzling that even amongst people 

 whose eyes for neatness and cleanliness are evi- 

 dently keen, those qualities should apparently be 



lacking with regard to the state of bird cages, where 



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