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cages,” are very nice indeed. But there is a cage 
of which I think great things, which is long and 
narrow, being twice as long as it is wide and 
high ; and this cage is all of wire, with the 
exception of a high skirting board to keep in the 
seed and litter. 
I have had a common cage of this sort made 
for ten shillings. This had a slide, no drawer, 
ladder perch low down, and long high perches over, 
going all along. A cage like this, however, ought 
properly to have drawers, and then if made in two 
pieces and exactly similar, each being loose fitting, 
they can be changed alternately, so as not to 
leave the ledge open, as people like my Tomtit 
will walk out if you do. 
The best food and water vessels are little boxes 
with glass sloping roofs, and a drawer inside that 
contains the seed or water ; a series of little holes 
let the birds’ heads in. Even garden saucers, how- 
ever, need not be despised as seed or water-holders, 
or as baths as well. One of our best managed 
bird-cages was provided with these alone. They 
are so easily cleaned, and can be cleaned so tho- 
roughly. 
A bird-cage like this I am mentioning, might, 
if you liked, have divisions to slide in. And here 
