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wild birds in spring. 6. A few rules for bird-taming. 7. An 

 instance of how birds care for those to whom they are used. 

 8. The variety of their characters. 9. General treatment for 

 taming birds. 10. Change of cages. 11. Letting birds fly 

 about while their cage is cleaned. 



CHAPTER IV. BIRDS IN A SITTING-ROOM. Page 23. 



1. Birds, general pets. 2. Kinds suitable for small cages. 

 3. Foreign birds and Wrens need warmth. 4. Birds' dread 

 of thunder-storms. 5. Letting birds out. 6. Birds do not 

 like being caught. 7. Different food for cage-birds and free. 

 8. Food during moulting. 9. Birds building in rooms. 

 10. Curious anecdote of two Canaries. 11. Opportunity of 

 seeing various traits of character. 



CHAPTER V. VARIOUS SPECIAL BIRDS. Page 31. 



1. Canaries. 2. Bullfinches. 3. Goldfinches. 4. Robin 

 Eedbreasts. 



CHAPTER VI. FOOD. Page 41. 



1. Simple food best. 2. Bechstein's paste. 3. Food for soft- 

 billed birds. 4. Receipts for " universal pastes." 5. Tempt- 

 ing birds to eat. 6. Taking ants' eggs. 7. German paste 

 recipe. 8. Goldfinches eating insects. 9. Treats, watercress, 

 biscuit, &c. 10. Seed, a general and convenient food. 

 11. Birds accustomed to particular kinds of food. 12. Better 

 not to bruise hemp-seed for old birds. 13. Giving food at 

 night for the early morning. 



CHAPTER VII. TREATMENT OF BIRDS WHEN SICK. Page 55. 



1. Prevention better than cure. 2. Wooden shoes. 3. Red 

 mites. 4. Colds. 5. Birds killed sometimes by fear of mice. 



