AVIARIES, BIRD-ROOMS AND CAGES. 



THE SINGLE BREEDER. 



An ideal breeding cage requires to be roomy, light 

 and airy, to be easy to thoroughly clean, and to have 

 all parts of the interior easily accessible. A single 

 breeding cage is in reality an oblong box with a wire 

 front, with one, two or three doors. For the purpose 

 of cleansing, all cages should be fitted with movable 

 wire fronts. Fig. i shows a single breeding cage. This 

 should be about eighteen inches in length, fifteen inches 



Pig. i Single Breeding Cage. 



high, and eleven inches wide. The doors are fitted as 

 follows : One in the wire front to hang a bath at, and 

 one above the cross-bar, opposite the nest. This latter 

 door will be found of considerable convenience when 

 attending to the nesting birds. 



Suitable pine can be everywhere purchased for 

 making this cage, eleven inches in width. But it is well 

 to have the back in one piece, and as pine cannot be 

 bought so wide, American white wood (easily obtained) 

 should be used. This makes a perfectly sound job, and 

 prevents an unsightly crack right across the back of 

 the cage, for even if a joint is properly glued up, it is 

 likely to "fly" in hot, dry weather. 



The seed box, drinker, and egg drawer should all 

 be placed in the front, as being easy to attend to and 

 to keep clean. 



