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in the columns of Cage Birds and send a post card 

 to the secretary asking him to forward a schedule. 

 Having received the schedule, enter up the particulars 

 of his bird or birds in the columns provided for them, and 

 return the entry form to the secretary of the show not later 

 than the day before entries close. On no account be 

 one of those who add so enormously to the secretarial 

 work by sending late entries. In filling up the entry 

 form, write clearly and distinctly, and then check your 

 entries by the schedule. By doing this less risk will be run 

 of making an entry in the wrong class. 



A few days before the show a label will be received for 

 the outside of the case. On this label write in the most 

 legible manner your name and address. Then tie it 

 securely to the lid of the hamper. In addition to this 

 address label, some small labels will also be received on 

 which will be written the number of the class in which 

 each bird is entered, and also the consecutive number 

 which will agree with the number opposite each entry 

 in the catalogue. These class labels must be securely 

 attached to the lower cross-bar of each cage at the right- 

 hand corner ; open wire cages, such as are used for York- 

 shires, Scots, and Borders should have the label on the top 

 cross-bar at centre of end of cage. In the bottom of the 

 cages place a few rice or oat husks ; the seed should 

 be thrown in the bottom of the cages, and sufficient to 

 last the time that the birds are absent from home. The 

 cages used by the fanciers of Scots Fancies and Borders 

 are usually fitted with a seed box. 



How TO WASH A Canary. 



The process of washing their birds for exhibition is often 

 a stumbhng-block to young fanciers. I well remember 

 with what feelings I approached my " first." More 

 can be learnt from one practical illustration of canary 

 washing than by reading a number of treatises on the 

 subject. Those who are acquainted with a skilled ex- 

 hibitor should, if possible, gain admission to his sanctum 

 when he is putting some of his gems through the refining 

 process. The operation of washing a canary is to the 

 novice a most difficult undertaking, and, should he be at all 

 nervous, it is liable to end in a most disastrous manner. 



