90 CANARY BIRDS. 



to be frightened, and putting in one foot and 

 pulling it out again, behaving for all the 

 world just like naughty children. 



The floor being formed of tiles or stone, 

 and the walls also being solid, there is every 

 reason to hope that further precautions 

 against rats and mice will be unnecessary. 

 Their presence certainly should be guarded 

 against with every care imaginable. The 

 floor should be covered with two or three 

 inches of sand, or gravel, or old mortar 

 ground fine. Lime or gravel is about the 

 best thing birds can have to peck at. Ever- 

 greens, stood in the corners, are pleasant to 

 the birds, and a fountain in which they can 

 bathe is very pretty. The perches should 

 be made to take out to clean, and thoroughly 

 dried. They should be perfectly round and 

 polished, that the birds may not catch their 

 feet in any kind of cranny. Have one or 

 two perches quite high up. 



