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difference: it is some two inches less in height, and is 

 fitted with a canvas or calico top. 



In making this cage, 

 it should be put to- 

 gether minus the top. 

 A framework should 

 then be made that fits 

 exactly into the space 

 left (see Fig. 8). Upon 

 this should be tacked 



Fig. 8. Framework of a canvas- the canvas, Or, which 



topped Cage. does equally as well> 



strong unbleached calico. A few small screws through 

 the sides of the cage will keep this framework in 

 position, and materially strengthen the structure. Many 

 wild birds fly direct to the top of the cage when dis- 

 turbed ; the restricted height and the canvas top thus 

 prevent damage being done to them. 



THE WAGTAIL'S AXD LARK'S SPECIAL CAGES. 



Wagtails are most interesting and attractive birds, 

 and to show them to advantage, even in one's own bird 

 room, they should have a cage made expressly for them; 

 one rather long in proportion to its height. A good 

 size is twenty inches in length, ten inches in height, and 

 ten inches from back to front. The front rail should be 

 fitted with food and water vessels, as shown in Figs. 6 

 and 7. The perches should be kept low; there should 

 be several of them upon the same level, and fitted about 

 two inches apart, as the bird steps from one to the other. 

 An open space of about four or five inches should be 

 left at each end, where the food and water vessels are 

 placed. The door in the front of the cage should be 

 rather wider than usual, say six inches, and a corres- 

 pondingly large-sized bath used to hang in front of it; 

 if not, the bird may possibly damage its tail, which in 

 a Wagtail is a particularly unsightly happening. 



If the owner lives far enough in the country, he will 

 be able to supply his Wagtails, Larks, and Pipits with 

 fresh green turfs. In Fig. g we see a cage specially 

 designed for this purpose. It is in reality nothing more 

 than the so-called "runner" cage,, with just ia few 



