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situation is next to be considered; for 

 though wherever the cage may be placed, 

 the birds, prompted by instinct, will com- 

 mence building their nest, yet success 

 depends entirely upon its favourable posi- 

 tion. Should a cage be placed in a room 

 which is unexposed to sun and air, the 

 young birds, if any are raised at all, will 

 be sickly, weak, and less in size in three 

 weeks than those reared in a more favour- 

 able situation would be in ten days, or 

 even a less time. The reader will now 

 see the propriety, in order to secure fine, 

 healthy and vigorous songsters, of placing 

 their cage in an apartment open to the 

 sun-light. The morning sun is far more 

 preferable than the afternoon, for the ex- 

 cessive heat of the latter frequently causes 

 a dangerous disease in the hen-Canary, 

 known to bird-breeders by the name of the 

 "sweating sickness," or causes the hen to 

 become indisposed and leave her nest, 

 thereby blighting the rearer's hopes almost 

 at the instant of gratification. 



