Mr. STEPHEhrsONS OuT-DOOR A VIAR\. 9 



an out-door aviary is, we think, for general purposes the more desirable of the two. As to 

 whether the Canary can, under reasonable conditions, stand or withstand extremes of temperature, 

 there is not the slightest doubt. He is one of the most easily acclimatised birds we have, and 

 there is no difficulty in housing him so that he shall care nothing for either winter or summer. 



MK. STEPHENSON S OUT-DOOR AVIARY. 



We will not undertake to say what might or might not be accomplished in this way very far 

 north, or in situations exposed to long-prevailing east winds ; but we repeat that, under reasonable 

 conditions, or even under circumstances which might, until tried, be thought too adverse, the 

 question of being able to establish an out-door aviary and keep Canaries in it throughout the 

 year, need not cause the slightest apprehension as to its perfect practicability. Indeed, we are 

 of opinion that it is the method of keeping any number together indiscriminately, and that birds 

 once acclimatised are as proof against the attacks of the weather as our native tribes. And 

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