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intervals during the day, and his constant 

 activity, to associate him with two fe- 

 males. To do this successfully, it will be 

 necessary to have two apartments in your 

 breeding-cage, which can be done by 

 having a division in the middle, with a 

 small door through which the cock-bird 

 can pass, as the several wants of his par- 

 ties require his assistance. The hens, 

 whenever this system is intended, should 

 always be placed in the same cage to- 

 gether, for sometime before, and gradu- 

 ally accustomed to each other's society, 

 to prevent the possibility of disagreement. 

 But, by far the most pleasant and 

 agreeable method of breeding birds, as it 

 always occasions less trouble, and is pro- 

 ductive of greater enjoyment than cage 

 rearing, is that of taking a small room, 

 which should either open on the south or 

 east, and in which should be placed six 

 handsome strong jonque, or dark yellow 

 male birds, with double the number of 

 females; a system of raising young which 



