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BRITISH SONG BIRDS. 



British song birds may be purchased for a mere 

 trifle, if newly caught. For aviaries they are generally 

 from is. to 5s. each. A Siskin would cost about 33. 6d. 

 Goldfinch, Linnet, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, from 53. to 

 I OS., according to beauty and domestication ; educated 

 birds, of course, would cost more. A Nightingale newly 

 caught might be purchased for 73. 6d. ; but a good 

 promising bird, caught in April and kept till the follow- 

 ing autumn, would cost i, and in full song, 2. A 

 Blackcap would average from 73. to 1 ; a VVhitethroat 

 and Garden Warbler somewhat less. 



A Woodlark, newly caught, 53. ; in full song, from 

 IDS. to i. A Skylark, newly caught, 2s. 6d. to 53. ; in 

 full song from los. to i. A Song Thrush from 53. to 

 i. A Blackbird about the same. A Starling, taught 

 to talk, from los. to i. 



