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some cases. Bells worn about the neck, as sometimes 

 advocated, may save now and then an old bird, but not 

 the newly hatched nestlings or young birds that are not 

 yet wary or strong enough to fly. 



Fig. 9. Taming the Pigeons 

 (Photograph by J. Chauncey Lyford) 



Care of the other common pets, — rabbits, guinea pigs, 

 white mice, canaries, pigeons, chickens, and the like, — 

 may be taken up in series, according to the resources of the 

 class. Different breeds of the various animals, — rabbits, 

 pigeons, chickens, — with such knowledge as the children 



