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The hole by which the birds enter the box must, of course, be cut

according to the size of the Parrakeets the box is intended for—about

inches is sufficient for Budgerigars and about 3 inches for Crimson-wings—

the other sizes in proportion.


Such boxes can also be made to order by any carpenter or any dealer

in birds and their requisites; and by using wood for the bottom ij or 2|

inches thick and making the necessary cavity in the wood itself, the

wooden bowl and cementing is done away with. As I make my boxes



Box complete—

kid, on hinges, lifts


up for cleaning out.



Bad shape, flat bottom,

eggs roll about.



Good shape, round bottom,

eggs keep together.



View of the bottom of the box,

corners A. B. & front part C. are

filled up with plaster, or cement,

level with the top of the bowl.



myself and am not clever enough to cut the required cavity in the thick

wood bottom, 1 have to resort to the bowl and cement—it answers just as

well—I have used both kinds. The box, when hungup, can be sheltered by

branches and made nice and secluded. Young Parrakeets hatched in such

boxes can be heard scampering about in them days before they are old

enough to launch out into the world, and they gain strength by the exercise.


A. Savage. (Rouen).



