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better than they do indoors, and might not degenerate 

 as happens in the case of house-reared Parsons, but 

 every aviarist has not the means or the accommodation 

 for carrying out such an experiment. 



THE BANDED 01 PARSON FINCH. 



These birds will either build a nest in a small bush, 

 in which case it is domed, or they will avail themselves 

 of a foundation, such as one of the small German 

 Canary cages made of wicker work, and fill it with 



