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pretty home, and their grains of millet are harmless ; 

 they do not make any litter, and are pretty to stand 

 upon a table. A bell-shaped cage, with a fairy rose- 

 tree, or some very small plant in it, looks well ; a 

 pot should be fitted into a wooden or gutta percha 

 lloor with a rim all round, and the bell-shaped cage- 

 would then drop down over it, fitting to the rim ; 

 while the perches should rather yo through the tree 

 than over it. 



10. A similar arrangement does charmingly for 

 Wrens. They delight particularly in a little fir- tree, 

 on which they can perch and hop up and down. 

 They do best of all, however, in a finely-latticed 

 enclosure of wood instead of wire (fine wicker almost 

 like basket-work) ; and in winter the safest plan is to 

 let them fly about the room and nestle into boxes 

 filled with the softest moss. 



I have never dared to let Master Bobby out at the 

 same time as the Wrens, for Robins have a peculiar 

 enmity to their own particular race ; and the story of 

 Cock Robin and Jenny Wren has fixed in my mind 

 too firmly the idea of their relationship for me to 

 shake it off. 



11. A Thrush, a Blackbird, or a pair of Doves 

 should have a large square wicker cage. The Thrush 

 is easily kept, and is a most delightful inhabitant of 

 a garden. Hung up in a tree where he has air and 

 sun, a little shade in the hot weather, and shelter in 



