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out of ten cases, pine away and follow 

 her, inconsolable for the loss of his mate, 

 whose death will bring back all his former 

 character. It occasionally happens that 

 you will have in your collection, a cock- 

 bird of an extraordinary savage temper, 

 who, upon the introduction of a hen into 

 his cage, will fall upon and immediately 

 kill her. When this happens, the best 

 remedy will be to take a hen a year or 

 two older than the cock, and one of the 

 same age with him, or a year younger, 

 which birds must have been kept together 

 for some time previous, and have be- 

 come perfectly sociable and familiar with 

 each other. When the season for breeding 

 arrives and you wish to pair your savage, 

 place the hens in a very large breeding- 

 cage, and when they have become per- 

 fectly used to it, and regard it as their 

 property, turn him in with them. This 

 will be scarcely done before he will at- 

 tempt to conquer or kill the hens; but they 

 having room to fly about, will together 



