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Correspondence



A USEFUL SEED-HOPPER



I am sending you a photograph of my seed-hopper arrangement

mentioned in my article on Gouldian Finches (page 90). As can

be seen, the small shallow receptacles keep almost entirely free from

husks. The birds stand on the small platform to shell the seeds, and

the husks and any dropped seeds fall into the box below. This method



works very satisfactorily and keeps the aviary wonderfully clean of

seed-husks. The box itself is about five inches deep and long enough

to take as many bottles as are necessary. My hoppers contain white

millet, red millet, Canary-seed, niger-seed, and another Canary-seed.

Indian millet is usually given in the form of spray millet. When

cleaning the box out the husks, etc., can be emptied into a sieve, and

the husks blown away.



P. W. Teague.



