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INDEX 



R Page 



Red Mite ... 65 



Ringing the Young Birds 68 



Rings, and How to Fix - 70 



Rheumatism - - - 112 



Rape Seed - - - 118 



Reign of the Belgian - 144 

 Roller, The— 



The Sweetest of all 



Singers - - - 243 



Breeding - - 244 



Feeding . - - 245 



Musical Training - 248 



Buying Rollers - 251 

 From the Eighteenth 



Century - — 249 



Show Cages - — . 27 



Scots Fancy Cages - - 28 



Show Hampers and Cases 30 

 Studying the Family History 39 

 Selecting the Individual 

 Pairs - - - . 

 Separation during Incuba- 

 tion - - - . 

 Seed, The Value of 

 Soaked - - - - 

 Sweating Hens 

 Shell, Young dead in - 

 Structure and Composition 



of Feathers - - . 

 Skin Disease - - - 

 Surfeit - - - - 

 Sore Feet . _ - 



Swollen Joints 

 Seeds and their Uses 

 Show, Entering for 

 Soap, Rinsing out 

 Show Birds, Feeding for 

 Shows, Attend if possible 

 Scots Fancy, The - 

 Scots Fancy — 



Its Origin 



Not favoured in Eng- 

 land - - . 



Rise in Value 



Birds of To-day 



Thoughts on Breeding 



As Breeders 



Training for Show - 



Standard 



37 



51 



52 

 58 

 60 



73 

 "3 

 "3 

 113 

 114 

 116 

 124 

 128 

 130 



131 



142 



144 



144 

 146 

 146 



150 

 150 

 152 



Territorial Designations 

 Things Useful and Need- 

 ful .... 



34 



Temperament must be 



considered - - - 

 The Time of Eggs - 

 Testing the Eggs - 

 Things of Importance 



during Moult - 

 Tumours - - - . 

 Typhoid or Bird Fever - 

 Travelling Cages and 

 Cases - - _ . 



Ventilation must be Ef- 

 fective ... 

 Ventilation — A Test 

 Value of Soaked Seed - 



W 



Wire Breeding Cages 

 When winter has passed - 

 Walls and Ceiling - 

 When should birds be 

 mated ? - . _ 

 When the Young arrive - 

 Weaning the Young 

 Winners, The Art of Stag- 

 ing 



Washing a Canary - 

 Washing — Steady Fire 

 Needed - . . 



Washing— Fatalities few 

 White Canary, The 

 Welsh Canary, The : - 



Yorkshire Cages 

 Young, When arrive 

 Young Birds, why neg- 

 lected - - - . 

 Young dead in Shell 

 Young, Plucking the 

 Young, Weaning the 

 Young Birds, Ringing the 

 Yorkshire, The — 



Most Popular Position 



Bird - 

 Founding the Union 

 A Bird of Grace 



and Beauty - 

 Great Range of 



Classification 

 Common Faults 

 What is required in 



Breeding 

 Weak and Strong 

 Points - 



Page 



37 

 43 

 47 



87 

 114 

 114 



124 



18 

 19 

 52 



26 

 36 

 36 



36 

 33 

 71 



122 

 125 



126 

 129 

 252 

 252 



28 

 53 



57 

 60 



66 



71 

 68 



153 

 153 



154 



155 

 156 



157 



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