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which they do not recover. A bird's day is 

 from sunrise to sunset. 



A cage bird is very liable to suffer from 

 thirst ; he has scattered all the water from 

 the cup, and it not being replenished more 

 than once a day, he becomes exhausted and 

 cannot eat. No owner of a bird should 

 retire at night without seeing that the water 

 cup is supplied. The fixtures to the bell 

 and pagoda-shaped wire cages are much 

 safer for the bird than the hanging glasses, 

 which have doubtless killed many birds, and 

 caused the greatest suffering in others, from 

 the water in them being too low to be reached. 



GERMAN PASTE. Bruise in a large mor- 

 tar, or on a table with a rolling-pin, a pint, 

 or quart, as may be required, of rape-seed, 

 in such a manner that you may blow the 

 chaff away; to this add a good-sized piece 

 of stale bread, reducing the whole to pow- 

 der, and well mixing together: put them in 

 a wooden box, which should be kept from 

 the sun. 



