Contents. 



CHAPTER X. TEACHING YOUNG BIRDS TUNES. Page 90. 



1. No starving. 2. Whistling better than playing tunes. 

 3. Canary taught by some children. 4. How to escape the 

 mixture of wild notes. 5. Birds' natural songs thought to be 

 acquired. 6. School cage. 7. Good master essential. 



CHAPTER XI. OCCUPANTS OF AN AVIARY. Page 93. 



1. Birds put in when quiet. 2. Peace depending much on 

 how managed. 3. Many birds build in the same shrub when 

 wild. 4. Birds in one large store cage. 5. Baths, and tricks 

 while bathing. 6. Goldfinches in a cage. 7. Really unsafe 

 birds. 8. Adding birds, in pairs, to an aviary. 9. Number 

 of birds to have: a few birds more desirable than a crowd. 

 10. Warblers seldom so happy as other birds. 



CHAPTER XTT. MAKING FRIENDS WITH WILD BIRDS. 

 Page 100. 



1. Visiting nests. 2. Birds getting much used to those who 

 feed them. 3. London Sparrows. 



CHAPTER XEI. CAGES. Page 104. 



1. Requisites of good cages. 2. Papier Mache, a desirable 

 material. 3. Objectionable seed and water arrangements in 

 many cages. 4. Various cages. 5. Common square market 

 cages. 6. Change of cages. 7. Arrangements for food, 

 perches, &c. 8. Plants and hanging baskets. 9. Small 

 cages for standing on a table. 10. Cage for Wrens. 

 11. Wicker cages for Doves and Thrushes. 12. Cages for 

 Larks and Chaffinches. 13. Bell cage for Tom Tits. 

 14. Breeding cages. 15. School and Hospital cages. 

 16. Lined cages save some suffering to migrating birds. 



