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of the perch being fixed to the back of the cage with a 

 wire pin. For Crests and lizards the bottom bar is fixed 

 lower in the cage, about i| or 2 inches from the mainstay. 

 This is to enable the judge to look down upon the birds, 

 in the one case to see the centre and radiation of the 

 crest, and in the other the regularity or otherwise of the 

 spangle. The perches should be fixed at equal distances 

 from each end of the cages, just far enough from the ends 

 to allow the birds to turn nicely within, rubbing their 

 tails against the ends of the cage. The door in these 

 cages is usually at the right-hand side of the cage as it 

 faces you. 



Scots Fancy Cages. 



Scots Fancy cages are of open wire work, about 14 

 inches long, 12 inches high, and 5 inches deep from back to 

 front, the door is a sliding attachment at one end, and 

 the perches are fixed to a cross-bar that runs round the 

 middle of the cage. In some cases these bars are stout 

 wire, in others they are wood. The floor and the mainstay 

 round the bottom of the cage is also wood. The top is 

 almost a half circle. , 



The Yorkshire Show Cage. 



Yorkshire show cages, like the Scots, are given a 

 wooden bottom with open wire sides and oval wire top, 

 with sliding wire door at one end, and the drinking hole 

 at the other. The perches are fixed to the centre cross- 

 bar of stout wire which runs round the sides, back and 

 front ; there is also a top and bottom cross-bar. In 

 some makes the wire top is fixed to the wooden bottom 

 by wire clips, in others with screws. Yorkshire show 

 cages are about 9 inches long, 15 inches high, 6 or 6| inches 

 wide. Two perches are fixed at the ends on the bottom 

 of the wire portion, and one in the centre of the cage 

 on the cross-bar. 



Border, Belgian and Lancashire Cages. 



Border Fancy cages are of similar pattern to the Scots 

 Fancy cages, but are not quite so large, being a trifle less 

 in length, height, and depth from back to front, being 

 generally 12 inches long, 12 inches high, and 4^ inches 

 wide. 



