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of insects around it, who always seek 

 such situations, concealing themselves 

 from observation between the perch and 

 the back, whenever the bar, as it most 

 usually is, is fastened with wire. The 

 hole, however, must never go entirely 

 through the wood. Whenever you have 

 two nests of birds in one cage, or hatched 

 at the same time in a room, some of which 

 are stronger than the others, which gene- 

 rally happens from the first laid eggs 

 producing the first young, place the strong 

 of the one with the strong of the other, 

 and the weak with the weak in a like 

 manner of the other nest. This is a ne- 

 cessary proceeding, otherwise the strong 

 would get all the food from the younger 

 birds, who would consequently perish. 



As every breeder is desirous of obtain- 

 ing the greatest possible number of birds 

 in the course of a season, it would be 

 advisable when you happen to have a 

 strong and vigorous male bird, who is 

 readily told by his loud singing at frequent 



