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round the tin, or a little snuff, or Keating's Insect Powder 

 be sprinkled inside, not many parasites, or " bird lice," will 

 be found to exist. These linings can be taken out and 

 washed after each brood, and they will last for years. 



Fig. 39 is the tin nest with the lining, ready for use. 

 Where tin nests cannot be readily procured, get a cocoa-nut 

 and cut the shell into pieces as nearly the size to those given 

 as can be obtained; pub on a wooden back and line them the 



FIG. 42. COCOA-NUT NEST, on 

 mahogany frame, fastened 

 with screw through bottom. 



FIG. 43. COCOA-NUT NEST, fitted 

 with piece of wood and wire. 



same way, only I find a coating of thin glue- size round the 

 top edge answers best for this description of nests to fasten 

 in the felt. My birds all prefer nests of this sort, and I 

 imagine that I can make a nest with the best architectural 

 canary in existence. Canaries generally are bad architects. I 

 likewise give them a piece of well-dried short moss and 

 a little cow-hair; these dispose them to breed with more 



