THE CANARY BIRD, 
has been made. In one compartment, a lively male may be 
enclosed with a female. About the cage or room, there should 
be placed some flax, soft hay, wool, hog’s bristles, cow’s hair, 
moss, pieces of thread, cut about a finger’s length, paper, 
shavings, or other dry materials for building the nest, which 
usually occupies three days. When one female has laid eggs, 
the sliding door may be moved and the male admitted to the 
other female; and when they have both laid, this door may be 
CANARY BREEDING CAGE, 
kept open. The male will visit both females alternately, when 
they will not trouble themselves about each other; otherwise, 
without this precaution, jealousy would 'ncite them to destroy 
each other’s nests and throw out the eggs. In a room or 
aviary, a male has sometimes two and even three females 
placed with him; with one of these, he will more especially 
pair. But when this favorite is about to sit, the others will 
receive a share of his attentions, and from the latter usually 
he greatest number and the best birds are reared. 
