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The Canary Book. 



Cage Fig. 7 is adapted expressly for breeding Belgian 

 canaries in. The dimensions of this cage are as follow: 

 Extreme length, 4ft. ; height, 19in. ; depth, llin. ; the main- 

 stay, including draw-boards or false bottoms, should be 3in. 

 high. The cornice can be made according to taste. The cross- 

 bars in this cage are made of mahogany, the same as the 

 front, and are three-eighths-of-an-inch in thickness. The 

 sliding doors at the ends of the cage are useful for running 

 the birds out into show-cages. The doors in front 

 are framed, and are made of mahogany, the same substance 

 as the bars ; the feet are made of brass, and are globular 



Fia. 7. BREEDING-CAGE FOR BELGIAH CANARIES, Two COMPARTMEMTS. 



in form, with a steel screw in the centre, and are procur- 

 able at any ironmonger's; the spires upon the cornice are 

 made of mahogany. These you can get turned for a small 

 sum by any professional wood turner, or you can use a plain 

 or base moulding in preference to the cornice if you desire 

 to do so; but I think a cornice looks infinitely better, and 

 is almost as easily made. In the centre of this cage is an 

 upright draw-board, running between two mahogany bars, a- 

 quarter-of-an-inch in thickness, and rounded at the edges. 

 It is used during the breeding- season for shutting off the 

 cock or young birds, as described in the chapter on " Breeding"; 



