CACiE AND Sl^GllSQ BlKUa. 
A fine, full-coloured yellow bird, without a speck or splash = 
of black, is held in great estimation, and )^ou are most 
likely to obtain this from the union of a clear-bred jonque 
cock with a larg-e, perfect, mealy hen. You should as- 
certain where your birds come irom, and take care that the 
breed is pure, or some original taint may make its appear- 
ance, and disappoint your expectations. A fine breed of 
pied birds, strong and good songsters, may be produced by | 
the union of a rich-coloured jonque cock with a dark-gray 
or greenish hen. Good lizzards are obtained by matching 
a strongly-marked gray cock with a dark-splashed hen ; and 
if you put together a strong gray or green-coloured cock, 
with a clear mealy hen, you will most likely have what 
are called cinnamon birds; the lightest tinted of this 
variety are termed quakers, and if you match a quaker 
hen with a clear greenish cock, you get what is called the 
dove canary, from the soft, subdued colour of its plumage. 
If you pair for several seasons the lightest mealies pro- 
curable, you will have white and flaxen-coloured birds, and 
so you may go on producing varieties innumerable. Always 
take care that your hens are of good shape, and regularly 
feathered, that one of the pair has beauty of plumage, the 
other good musical powers ; and, above all, take care never 
to match birds of the same brood, this is sure to weaken 
and deteriorate the breed. If your birds are loose in an 
aviary you must let them pair as they please, and, unless 
you are desirous of obtaining choice fancy birds, this is the 
more agreeable and less troublesome mode of treating them ; 
the birds like it better, because they are under little or no 
restraint, and you, as every bird lover must, will be glad to 
see them enjoying many of the pleasures of their native 
state of freedom, without any of its sufferings and privations. 
Our general remarks on the aviary will give nearly all the 
infoimation that will be required for the management of 
your birds under these circumstances — a few wicker nests 
hung here and there in snug corners, lined with hair or v/ool, 
or other soft substance, a genial atmosphere, and plenty of 
good nourishing food, with as little disturbance as may be, 
and they will manage for themselves better than you could 
for them. If your aviary is numerously and variously 
stocked, it is perhaps advisable to place the nests in cages 
