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nest, be careful not to fracture them, which 

 is frequently done by the very fear of 

 doing so, in the persons attending to them, 

 who let them fall and break from their 

 not holding them in a careful manner. 

 The best way of taking them from the 

 nest, is to seize each with the thumb and 

 fore-finger, holding it tightly and without 

 any tremor, as in that case you are cer- 

 tain to fracture them, or with a thin silver- 

 spoon, and then place them in the box 

 before mentioned. 



A strange contrariety of opinion is 

 expressed by the different professional 

 bird-fanciers upon the following points. 

 Whether a hen Canary experiences a 

 greater portion of fatigue in rearing and 

 feeding her young until they are able to 

 fly; or in being kept for the purpose of 

 constant laying, and having her eggs 

 hatched and attended to by different birds? 

 Some hastily assert that the laying hen 

 becomes the weakest, while others more 

 sagely declare that the bird who has the 



