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SECTION 4. FOOD. Chief consideration resemblance to natural diet. 

 Da. MEYER'S method of inducing fresh-caught birds to eat. 

 Classification of feeders. Preservation and preparation of Food. 

 Occasional variety. Recipes for Universal Pastes. Fresh 

 supply of Water. When to feed, and quantity 15 



SECTION 5. BREEDING. Chief requisite. Kinds of Habitations. 

 Materials for building. Food at this period. Removal of the 

 young Birds, &c. &c 18 



SECTION 6. DISEASES. Exciting causes of Disease. General rules 

 for treatment, and description of maladies . . . . . . 19 



SECTION 7. AGE. Longevity of Cage- Birds, on what it depends. 



Satisfactory data. Why Birds live longer than the Mammalia.. . 23 



SECTION 8. BIRD-CATCHING. The Fowler's essentials of success. 

 Methods and calls. General directions. Periods of least 

 difficulty. Thuringian bird trap. Best Birds for decoys. Water 

 trap. Nooses and Springes. Folding cages. . . . . 23 



SECTION 9. SWEET'S ACCOUNT OF THE GENUS SVLVIA. Finest 

 Songsters. Degrees of warmth required by different species. 

 Food in confinement, how prepared and how given. Supply of 

 Insects for the winter, where found, and how kept. Gravel and 

 water. Restlessness at periods of Migration. Best modes of 

 capture. Treatment during Moulting. Care of bad feet. 

 General food, how to make and keep it. Thrive and sing better 

 in an open, than a covered cage. Not to be allowed to wash 

 too often. HON. and REV. W. HERBERT, and PROFESSOR 

 RENNIE, on food, &c. . . . . . . . . , . 26 



SECTION 10. STRUCTURE OF BIRDS. Described by CUVIER. 

 Anatomical Structure. Cut of Wing. Clutching, Walking, and 

 Running Feet. Feathers, Eyes, Ears, Organs of Smell, Tongue, 

 Brain, Vocal Organs, Internal Parts, &c. . . . . . . 31 



SECTION 11. PLUMAGE OF BIRDS. MUDIE'S description. Cut of 

 Roller. Parts of Plumage. Chemical nature of Feathers. 



