Aviaries and Cages. 



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can be supplied in one part and soft food in the other, or two 

 separate kinds of seed, as may be required, according to the 

 description of bird kept in it. A similar trough for water is 

 placed at the left-hand bottom corner. The door is placed 

 in the end, at the upper part, so that a bird can be 

 transferred to it either from a small store cage, or an}'- 

 other cage, by placing the open doors of the two cages 

 together, and driving the bird with a piece of thin stick or 

 folded paper towards the opening ; this prevents the necessity of 

 catching the bird, and will be found convenient to such persons 

 as are not accustomed to handle them, and who not unfrequently 

 injure the birds during the operation. To the first bar of the 

 cage, from the basement, is a row of figured or ornamental 



Fig. 6. Cage for Breeding Canary and Finch Hybrids. 



ground glass which is intended to answer two purposes : the 

 first and principal one is to prevent the occupant scattering seed 

 and dirt about the room, and secondly it is to act as a shelter or 

 protection to a bird not fully reconciled to a state of domesti- 

 cation. The glass is secured to the front of the cage by wire 

 fasteners, which are put through the cross bars or supports, and 

 may be removed at any time if desired. Care should be taken 

 to see that these wires are not left with sharp points inside, 

 as they are liable to cause injury to the birds. The cage 

 under consideration is suitable for canaries of all varieties, 

 mules (hybrids) of any kind of the Fringilla cross, also Bull- 

 finches, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Siskins, Robins, and the 



