IS IT CRUEL TO KEEP BIRDS? 9 



One thing more I should like to say. Al- 

 though I maintain that a captive can be made 

 entirely contented, I never have, and I never 

 intend to have, a bird caught or caged for 

 my pleasure or my study. And again I say, 

 most emphatically, that unless a person is able 

 and willing to give daily thought and care to 

 a bird, it is bitterly cruel, even wicked, to as- 

 sume the charge of one. 



My position on the caged -bird question 

 thus fully defined, I wish to give some sug- 

 gestions in regard to making birds not only 

 comfortable, but happy. 



