76 AVIARIES, BIRD-ROOMS AND CAGES. 



For use with this cage a small " nursery " will have 

 to be made. This should be about ten inches square, 

 the wiring at front being wide enough to allow the old 

 birds to feed the young through the wires. 



After the breeding season, this breeding cage will 

 be found useful as a moulting or stock cage, and is 

 not too large for a single bird to be placed in it for a 

 time, either previous to, or when returned from a show. 



Two AND THREE-COMPARTMENT BREEDERS. 



In many bird-rooms the double breeder is very 

 much used. It slightly economizes space, containing 

 two pairs of birds instead of one, and as a stock cage 

 will hold five or six birds, at a pinch, for a time. It 

 should be made not less than thirty inches long, and the 

 same width as the single breeder, but an inch higher, 

 as being of better proportion to its length. 



This cage must be fitted with a movable partition 

 in the centre, as it will sometimes be required for a 

 single pair, or for two hens, or to be used as a flight. 

 Doors in the wire front will, of course, be fitted at each 

 end, so that they may be used for either compartment, 

 and the other fittings, such as seed hopper, w r ater tin, 

 egg drawer and perches, must also be duplicated. 



Fig. 2. Three-compartment Breeding Cage. 



Fig. 2 shows a three-compartment breeding cage, 

 and I arn inclined to think that, next to the single 

 breeder, there is no more useful type of cage to be found, 

 It may be used for two or for three pairs of birds, for 

 running a cock bird with two hens, or for running a 

 Finch with two hens, while it makes a capital flight for 

 Autumn and Winter use. 



