The Care of Domesticated Animals 
possibly reveal all the glory of its colours 
in the sunshine. The beautiful greenish 
sheen which both black and chocolate dis- 
play ave unequalled by the plumage of any ° 
other variety. At the back of its head is 
a little tuft or crest of feathers reversed— 
not large enough to be termed a “ hood,” as 
in the case of the Jacobin, but just sufficient 
to give it a distinctive appearance. The 
Archangel does better at liberty than in 
confinement, although if it is to be used 
for exhibition purposes it will need to be 
penned up before the show season comes on. 
we 
Ont often hears people complain that their 
canary has left off smging and 
The Aviary. that he appears to have become 
asthmatical. One of the most 
frequent reasons for this is that the owner 
makes the mistake of hanging up the canary’s 
cage too high in the room with this result: 
that the fumes from the gas and all the foul 
alr in the apartment which rises to the top 
eradually work their effect upon the lungs of 
the little songster and he dwindles and dies. 
The healthiest place in a room is mid-way 
between the floor and the ceiling, and when 
possible the canary-cage should always be 
placed on a table instead of bemg hung up 
between the curtains, as is the usual practice. 
Of course the bird must not be allowed to 
remain where there is a draught—there is 
all the difference in the world between the 
bird being out in the open air where it can 
exercise itself and keep its blood warm, and 
its beg shut up im a small cage where it 
cannot fly about. ue 
A large number of our British birds—the 
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Photograph by J. T. Newman, Berkhampsted. 
THE ROBIN. 
majority im fact—are in their wild state 
insectivorous and cannot be kept in captivity 
by simply feeding them on 
Birds’ Food. ordinary bird seeds. ‘They 
require insects, or if not insects 
they must have the nearest substitutes we can 
get to insect life. There are plenty of these on 
the market—ants’ eggs, dried flies, etc. One 
of the best things to give insectivorous birds 
is a little desiccated meat—this can also be 
obtained in the form of dried meat or “lean 
meat shred,’ and in that form is the fibrous 
product remaining after extract has been 
pressed out of the meat. 
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