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CHAPTER XIV. AVIARY CAGE. Page 115. 



1. Description of large aviary cage of deal. 2. Other 

 plans for double cages. 3. Materials. 4. How to arrange 

 the birds. 5. English wild-birds. 6. Food holders. 



7. Exact working plan of an aviaiy cage. 8. Pretty appear- 

 ance of this cage in a window. 



CHAPTER XV. KOOM AVIARY. Page 123. 

 1. Spare room aviary. 2. Windows wired. 3. Birds require 

 shelter in severe storms. 4. Oil-cloth floor. 5. Trees and 

 branches. 6. Advantages of such bird-rooms. 7. Mice. 



8. Building time needs watchfulness. 9. Hungry birds in- 

 variably fight. 10. Kitchen garden. 11. Creepers, vine, &c. 

 12. West aspect nearly as good as east. 13. Cages in a bird 

 room generally best hung low. 



CHAPTER XVI. OUTDOOR AVIARY, AND BIRDS FOR IT. 

 Page 130. 



1. Style of aviaiy aimed at. 2. Whether it is meant for 

 the birds to breed. 3. Conservatory aviary. 4. Birds to fill 

 such an aviary. 5. Concrete floor. 6. Plants, &c. 



CHAPTER XVH. BATHS, FOOD-HOLDERS, &c. Page 137. 



1. A use for sea-side treasures. 2. Birds bathing in an 

 aquarium. 3. Glass milk-pan for bath. 4. A standing- 

 place of shells or rock. 5. Cleaning and emptying. 6. Birds 

 delight in water. 7. Winter baths. 8. Glazed square bath 

 house. 9. Plant case baths. 10. Seed and water dishes. 

 11. Objectionable contrivances. 12. Fountain. 13. Perches. 



CHAPTER XVUI. LIST OF BIRDS, AND WANTS OF BIRD 

 KEEPERS. Page 147. 



1. Foreign Birds not expensive or delicate. 2. Avadavats 

 and their cages. 3. Birds should be sent home by the dealer. 

 4. Avadavats and Waxbills. 5. Cordon Blues. 6. Cut- 



