JJaths, Foodholders, $c. 139 



water briskly all over their wings and plumage. Nice 

 wet work it was, and in self -defence, a different bath, 

 such as the birds might prefer, to this, really became 

 essential. I have accordingly adopted a perfectly 

 new arrangement, which to my idea is perfection, 

 because the birds like it and can be seen enjoying it 

 without the slightest hindrance, and without the 

 discomfort of our being splashed all over. 



3. One of the smallest glass milk pans is therefore 

 prepared for bathing in. This can be easily hung up 

 in a wire basket, like those used for flowers, in the 

 front of an aviary, where a little splashing is likely to 

 do no harm ; but when the birds are in a room in a 

 large cage, or flying loose about, I have a sort of 

 glass house in which the bath can stand. A plant 

 ease answers admirably, when birds can be trusted in 

 one, as Robins can, and three or four of the very 

 smallest fish look pretty in them. 



I will proceed, however, to describe how the bath 

 is made, and afterwards it will be easy to fix on where 

 to place it. 



The glass milk pans sold by Millington, in Bishops- 

 gate-street, are the best things I know for the forma- 

 tion of such baths. They are made six, ten, fourteen 

 inches in diameter the sizes increasing up to twenty- 

 six ; the prices varying with the size, from sixpence to 

 five and sixpence. These pans are much superior to 

 hyacinth dishes, being of an infinitely better shape, 



