INDEX 



Lancashire Cages - 

 Late Moulting 

 Late Breeding 

 Light, Its Influence on 

 Colour - - - . 

 Liver, Congestion of - 

 Liver, Inflammation of - 

 Lungs, Inflammation of - 

 Linseed - - . - 

 Lancashire, The — 



The Giant of Canary 

 Family - - - 

 A Bird Royal - 

 Never a Popular Breed 

 What is Wanted - 

 Future of the Breed 

 What to avoid in 



Breeding 

 What to look for in 



Stock Birds 

 Standard - - - 

 Lizard, The — 



Unique and Beauti- 

 ful old Breed 

 Its Properties - 

 Some of the Diffi- 

 culties of breeding 

 Selecting Breeding 

 Stock - - - 

 Standard 

 London Fancy, The — 



A Relic of Bygone 



days . . - 

 What they Should 

 be ... 



Examples 

 Old Societies - 

 Standard Properties 



Page 

 28 



78 

 78 



83 

 105 

 107 

 109 

 119 



174 

 175 

 175 

 177 



178 



178 

 180 



217 

 218 



219 



219 

 220 



236 



237 

 237 

 239 

 240 



M 



Mating, or Pairing - 40 



Ma'.-formed Feet - - 62 



Mite. Red - - - - 65 

 Moulting and Colour 



Feeding . - - 73 

 Moult — A Marvellous 



Process ... 7,^ 

 Moult — Warmth essen- 

 tial - . - - 76 

 Moult, Early - - - 78 

 Moulting Cages - - 80 

 Moult, Age it commences 82 

 Moult — Keep it going - 83 

 Moult — The Value of Green 

 Food ... - 86 



Moult — Things of Im 

 portance . - - 



Moult — Forcing a - 



Medicine — Its adminis- 

 tration - - - - 



Millet Seed 



Maw Seed ... 



Milk as a Drink 



N 

 Nest Boxes and Pans - 

 Nest Pan — Introducing 

 vhe .... 

 Newly Mated Birds, 



Food for . - - 



Nests, Keeping an eye on 



Nest — -Eggs broken in - 



Norwich Plainhead, The — ■ 



Most of Colour Breeds 



Colour the Thing - 



Points of Modern 



Bird 

 Short, Compact 



Bodies 

 Wing Carriage of 



importance - 

 Smart and Jaunty 



Carriage- 

 The First Essential 



—Type 

 That Indefinable 



Quality 

 Colour must be 



bred for 

 What is a Ticked 

 Bird ? - - - 

 Breeding for Markings 

 Standard for Clear, 

 Ticked, and Varie- 

 gated ... 

 Standard for Evenly 



Marked 

 Standard for Greens 



O 



Olden Time Varieties - 

 Outdoor Aviaries - 

 Original Stock 



P 

 Pairing or Mating - 

 Preparing the Egg Food 

 Plucking the Young- 

 Pneumonia — Inflamma- 

 tion of Lungs 

 Parasites - . - - 

 Pip 



Page 

 87 



92 

 120 

 120 

 130 



18 

 41 



42 

 53 

 61 



204 

 205 



206 



207 



207 



208 



209 



212 

 212 



215 



215 

 216 



9 

 14 

 40 



40 



49 

 66 



109 

 no 

 112 



