AVIARIES, BIRD-ROOMS AXD CAGES. 



stack of cages some day collapsing, through the slam 

 ming of a door, or the passage of a heavy vehicle (possi 

 bly a steam roller) down the street. 



Fig. 35. Staging for Bird-room, showing a cage in position. 



A simple, yet strong, staging can be made in the 

 following manner: Procure some boards one inch in 

 thickness, and seven or eight feet in length. To these 

 nail one inch strips of wood at distances corresponding 

 with the height of one's cages (see Fig. 35) allowing an 

 inch or so between the top of the cage and the strip 

 of wood above it. The boards will serve for the up- 

 rights of our staging; they should either be fixed to 

 the floor, or to another board at both top and bottom. 

 The distance apart of the uprights will, of course, be 

 regulated by the width of our cages, which should slide 

 in and out easily without fear of becoming fixed or 

 jammed a little drv black-lead rubbed along each strip 



will help to make them run easily. 



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This staging can be made of any length to suit 

 the size of our room, and the requirements of our stock, 

 and can be made to carry two, three, or four rows of 

 cages. Its simplicitv is greatly in its favour, and its 

 form does not tend to the increase of the dreaded red-mite. 



Another way is to have pieces of board, a shade 

 larger than our cages, to fasten between the uprights 



