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A NATURAL HISTORY OF CAGE BIRDS : 



THEIE 



MANAGEMENT, HABITS, FOOD, DISEASES, TREATMENT, 

 AND THE METHODS OF CATCHING THEM. 



By J. M. BECHSTEIN, M.D. 



Contents 



SONGS OF TAME BIRDS. 

 HABITATIONS OF TAME BIRDS. 

 FOOD OF TAME BIRDS. 



BREEDING OF TAME BIRDS. 

 DISORDERS OF TAME BIRDS. 

 BIRD-CATCHING 



With an accurate description of nearly Two Hundred different Birds ; 



AMONG WHICH AKE THE rOLLOWING : 



Raven. Carrion Crow. Hooded Crow. Jackdaw. Jay. Nutcracker. Ma^jpie. Goldca 

 Oriole. Cuckoo. Maccaw. Blue and Yellow Maccaw. Illinois Parrot. Lon^-tailed Green 

 Parrakeet. Blue-headed Parrot. Yellow Parrot. Amboina Parrot. Purple Parrot. Whis- 

 kered Parrot. Cardinal Parrot. Red-headed Guinea Parrakeet. Pavonau Parrot. Rose-ringed 

 Parrakeet. Carolina Parrot. Little Blue and Green Parrakeet. Grey-breasted Parrot. Red- 

 and-blue-headed Parrakeet. Red Crescented Parrakeet. Great White Cockatoo. Lesser 

 Wliite Cockatoo. Great Red-crested Cockatoo. Red-vented Cockatoo. Banksian Cockatoo. 

 Ash-coloured Parrot. Ceram Lory. Blue-capped Lory. Black-capped Lory. White-fronted 

 Parrot. Blue-faced Parrot. Common Amazon Parrot. Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot. 

 Yellow-breasted Tucan. Brazilian Tucan. Preacher Tucan. Green Woodpecker. Greater 

 Spotted Woodpecker. Middle Spotted Woodpecker. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Wryneck. 

 Tourako. Common Kingfisher. Nuthatch. Crossbill. Bullfinch. Green Bird. Pine 

 Grosbeak. Hawfinch. Cardinal Grosbeak. Java Sparrow. Wa.xbill. Paradise Grosbeak. 

 Redbill. Cape Finch. Caffrarian Finch. Blue Finch. Yellow-bellied Grosbeak. Banded 

 Finch. Brown-cheeked Finch. Snow Bunting. Mountain Bunting. Yellow Hammer. 

 Com Bunting. Ortolan. Cirl Bunting. Reed Bunting. Sparrow Bunting. Whidah 

 Bunting. Dominican Bunting. Shaft-tailed Bunting. Painted Bunting. Ciiafiinch. 

 Mountain Finch. Linnet. Lesser Redpole. Goldfinch. Siskin. Serin Finch. Citril 

 Fmch. Lapland Finch. Snow Finch. Canary. Glossy Finch. Purple Finch. Blue-bellied 

 Finch. Liver-brown Finch. Green Goldfinch. Skylark. Crested Lark. Wood Lark. Tit 

 Lark. Shore Lark. Calandra Lark. Starling. Missel Thrush. Son* Thrush. Fieldfare. 

 Redwing. Blackbird. Rock Tlirush. Blue Thrush. Reed Thrush. Nightingale. Blackcap. 

 Wliitebreast. Redbreast. Bluebreast. Wagtail. Grey Wagtail. Yellow Wagtail. Wheat- 

 ear. White Throat. Black Redstart. Common Redstart. Chiff-chaff. Willow Wren. 

 Wood Wren. Red Warbler. Wren. Gold- crested Wren. Alpine Warbler. Greater Tit 

 Cole Tit. Blue Tit. Mai sh Tit. Crested Tit. Bearded Tit. Ringdove. Turtledove. 



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