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bars back to place; the paper door is quietly 

 closed, the string tied, and he is not at all 

 startled. A bird arriving at home in either of 

 these conveyances is calm and unhurt, and he 

 has no terror of me. 



To change him into a cage which I have 

 already prepared with food and water, and a 

 cover laid over if he is wild, I first open the 

 cage door, then place the door of the travel- 

 ling cage against it, having turned back the 

 paper door. Then I draw out the bars that 

 keep him in the small cage, and he is sure to 

 step at once into the large one. 



To get one out of the basket above men- 

 tioned is a little more difficult operation. I 

 hold the basket slightly opened before the 

 door, with my hands or a cloth over the ends, 

 so that he can get out only one way. He is 

 certain to hop out as soon as he sees a good 

 opening with apparently no one watching him. 



When he is safely housed and the door shut, 

 I leave him alone. If not covered up, I walk 

 away and pay no attention to him nor come 

 near his cage. I sit down afar off, and read or 

 write, or occupy myself in some way, till he gets 

 used to his new apartment. He will look at 



