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CANARIES AND CAGE-BIRDS. 



distance, for breeding purposes, they should be ordered from a reliable dealer. The 

 same-sized cages should be used for the White as for the Gray Java Sparrows. 



The mottled white and gray Java Sparrows, although very handsome in appear- 

 ance, are not so highly prized as the pure white : the streaky appearance is probably 

 due to some defect in the breeding. 



Java Sparrows live to be twenty years of age. 



TABLE OF BULLFINCHES, GOLDFINCHES, ETC. 



The above table is arranged with one hundred as the highest standard of 

 excellence, fifty points for the voice, and fifty for attractive qualities. These 

 figures are given, rather as representing my individual opinion, and are not offered 

 as an unvarying standard. 



