CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. Page 1. 



1. Cage birds happy. 2. Affectionate ways. 3. Way of 

 expressing themselves. 4. Birds let loose remembering their 

 former owners. 5. Feeding strong fledglings, &c. 



CHAPTER II. BIRDS TO KEEP. Page 5. 



1. Out-door birds. 2. Choice of small cage birds. 

 3. Warblers attractive. 4. How to make their lives happy. 

 5. Other birds often sing Warblers' songs. 6. Grief of 

 migrating birds in captivity. 7. Gold-crested Wrens. 

 8. Robins in a room or greenhouse. 9. Delicacy of the soft- 

 billed birds. 10. Goldfinches and Linnets. 11. Chaffinches 

 veiy tame and lively. 12. Bullfinches. 13. Birds brought 

 up from the nest. 14. Sudden frights to be avoided. 



CHAPTER III. ON TAMING BIRDS. Page 13. 



1. Taming, real "friendliness." 2. Old birds sometimes 

 patronise young ones. 3. Birds that are caught, best kept till 

 spring. 4. How to treat such birds. 5. Cruelty of buying 



