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lettuce, &c.), bread or soaked biscuit, chopped meat, boiled 

 -eggs, &c. 



" 4. Travelling cages are most conveniently made of an 

 oblong shape, divided into compartments about eighteen 

 inches square, and not higher than just sufficient to allow 

 the birds to stand upright in them. They should be boarded 

 all round, except in front, where strong wire netting may be 

 employed although, if the birds are at all wild, wooden bars, 

 close enough to prevent the inmates from escaping between 

 them, are preferable. 



" 5. Every compartment should have the top on the inside 

 padded with canvas, as, if this is not done, the birds are very 

 liable to injure their heads by jumping upwards. 



" 6. A movable feeding-trough should be fixed along the 

 front of each compartment ; one-third of this should be lined 

 with tin, pitch, or otherwise made to hold water ; the remain- 

 ing two-thirds will hold the food. 



" 7. Coarse sand or gravel should be kept strewn on the 

 foottom of the cages, and a supply of this should be sent 

 along with the birds, as it is necessary to them for the healthy 

 digestion of their food. 



" 8. The front of the cage should have a piece of coarse 

 canvas to let down as a blind to keep the birds quiet ; and, 

 in order to give them air, round holes should be bored at the 

 back of the box in the upper part. 



" 9. The box should be cleaned out when the birds are 

 fed, through the opening in front made by removing the 

 feeding trough, care being taken that this opening is not 

 wide enough to let the birds escape. 



" 10. In order to supply the birds with green food during 

 the voyage, a few small trays (such as are used to hold the sand 

 or gravel) may be sown with seeds, such as rape, mustard, or 

 any quick-growing vegetable. The green food thus produced 

 should be cut for them from time to time, and the sand and 

 roots afterwards thrown into the cages." 



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