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different ways, some loose in a room, some in single 

 cages, and others in one large cage standing about 

 six feet high, which was divided into separate apart- 

 ments, and provided with gratings to shut off young 

 broods. 



This cage used every spring to be carried out into 

 the garden, when the greenhouse plants went, and 

 there it stood under a beautiful scarlet Thorn till the 

 first cold days of autumn warned us to take it back 

 to its winter quarters in the hall, near enough to the 

 tire to be kept pretty warm. 



2. In a cage of this size, if birds of only one or 

 two kinds are kept, there may be as many as ten or 

 a dozen pairs. We generally had a few Linnets and 

 Goldfinches, and all the rest Canaries ; and all these 

 used to pair a good deal, Canaries with Goldfinches, 

 and so on. 



There is always a doubt as to the good agreement 

 of many birds together ; but it must be remembered 

 that two birds alone in a cage will fight, if it so 

 pleases them, just like cat and dog ; while in an 

 aviary, or large-sized cage, the space for flight and for 

 dodging is far greater if they do fight ; and it is very 

 rare that more than a single bird at once will attack 

 another. When a whole cage full do set themselves 

 against one luckless individual, the only thing for 

 it is to give him another home. But a great deal 

 depends on careful management ; letting the birds be 



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