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remainder of her natural life. For several years she lived alone

in a rather cramped aviary, apparently in the best of health,

making a nest and producing usually an egg or two each year.

About four years ago her health broke down, and it was quite

plain that if she did not have a change of residence her life

would be a short one. It was decided to give her a certain

amount of liberty once again—but under police supervision so

to speak—in a large compartment at the Cranes pond. Here

she began to look her former self and commenced to make love

to Mr. Canadensis, who happened to want a wife at that time :

it was a joyful meeting when he was admitted to her company.

Like her mate she is an expert dancer and appears to get excited

when laughed at by spectators. Her waltz is quite of au advanced

type, she keeping up the swing for several minutes, only stopping

to come up to the fence for a word of praise, or if asking, “ How

is that?” and then starts off again to renew the performance.

Since her release from prison her dancing exhibitions have

ceased, owing doubtless to the cares of married life.



BIRD CAGES.


By Katharine Currey.


I keep several of my birds in a double set of cages, which

involves a little trouble, but they thrive wonderfully well and

their intelligence is greatly developed by this mode of life, which,

however, would not answer for breeding birds, as they must then

be in a stationary aviary or cage.


I will explain as briefly as I can how I manage this. The

bird’s home is an ordinary large cage that can be lifted about,

and in which he has his food and roosting perch under a covered-

in end. I have light wooden shelters to cover permanently one

end of the cage of all my birds, for it is most cruel not to give

them a hiding-place.


In the garden I have large, light movable aviaries screwed

or hooked together, and they can betaken to pieces and put away

flat against a wall. They are made of small-meshed wire, painted

green, and have a door at either end, one door large enough to

admit a person. In these aviaries, which are of different sizes



