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when placed beside a short stumpty rabbit. The eye is also 
of great importance. It should be bright and fiery, of a 
beautiful pink color, and standing well out from the head. 
The general appearance of this kind is perhaps the most 
attractive of all rabbits, and their nature hardy and prolific, 
which makes them such especial favorites with the fancy. 
On the other hand they require to be kept in large numbers 
so as to have one always ready for exhibition, which makes 
them rather expensive keeping. Their general manage- 
ment is nothing different from that of any other kind, so it 
will be useless saying anything about this particularly ; but 
I will give our readers one of my little secrets connected 
with the rearing of this variety, which I give them for what 
it is worth. It is purely one of my own ideas, and I am 
unaware of its being practiced by any one else, but I have 
always found it to answer my purpose admirably. Parties 
who have kept this kind of rabbit must certainly have been 
struck with the very changeable nature of these little pets. 
One week we find their points nice and dark and in excel- 
lent condition ; but on examining them the next we find, to 
our surprise (unless we have got pretty well used to them), 
that they have turned quite gray, in the feet especially, and 
not at all fit for the show pen. My plan is to take them 
when from five to seven months old (at which time their 
color is at the best) and put them into a cage from which 
every particle of da'ylight is excluded, and keep them so 
until their points fade. In this way I manage to keep them 
in showing color for a much longer period than if they were 
kept in broad daylight. It may seem curious in the eyes of 
some fanciers, but let me advise them to try it.— James 
Boyle, in Fanciers’ Gazette. 
WIDE-AWAKE CAT-BIRD. 
The cat-bird is a sort of mocking-bird in its own right, 
and it is likely that some jealousy was at the bottom of the 
spitefulness exhibited here. An exchange says: 
Some weeks ago a cat-bird took possession of a shade-tree 
in front of the residence of Mrs. Heise, on Locust Street, 
West Chester, Pa., and built a nest, over which the male 
kept guard. Mrs. Heise has a very fine mocking-bird, 
which she placed in front of the window, and a few feet from 
Mr. Cat-bird. Whenever the former enlivened the neigh- 
borhood with his select strains, the cat-bird pounced upon 
his cage and made fight, which caused the warbler to keep 
silent. 
This angered the family very much. The other day a 
young cat-bird fell out of the nest to the pavement. Mrs. 
Heise stepped out of her door to pick it up, when Mr. Cat- 
bird, Sr., lit upon her head, and made such a vigorous fight 
that the good lady had to beat a hasty retreat, not, however, 
until a neighbor came to the rescue. 
This gentleman placed the young bird upon the cornice 
over the front of his store, when the old birds came and took 
the fledgling by the lower bill, and dragged it along the cor- 
nice several feet to a limb of a tree which touched the wood- 
work, and from thence they carried it along the limb to 
their nest, where it was safely deposited, the female getting 
upon the nest, and the male, as usual, taking a perch near 
by and keeping guard. 
11 Mr. Jones, what makes my canary sleep on one leg?” 
“ 1 don’t think that anything makes him do it, ma’am. It 
appears to me that he does it of his own accord.” 
Exc^NqES. 
<8®“ Advertisements in this Column, of Five Lines, or Forty- 
Eight Words, describing and offering for exchange only, will 
BE ALLOWED AT 25 CENTS FOR EACH AND EVERY INSERTION. 
WILL EXCHANGE. — Thirteen spring chicks, viz.: one White 
Poland, three Golden Polands, two Silver Polands, one Houdan, one S. S. 
Hamburg, two White Leghorns, and three Buff' Cochins — for two trios of 
some good breed. Chicks first-class; will expect the same. Address 
E. T. M. SIMMONS, Lock Box 1558, Oil City, Pa. 
WILL EXCHANGE.— One pair of American Dominiques and 
one Plymouth Rock hen ; also, a pair of good Maltese kittens, nearly half 
grown, and guinea pigs, in pairs — for Fancy Pigeons. 
GEO. C. PEASE, 200 North Fifth Street, Beading, Pa. 
AN EXHIBITION TRIO OF CATIIGA BUCKS to ex- 
change for spring chickens (broilers). What offers? 
A. M. HALSTED, Box 23, Bye, N. Y. 
PRINTING. — The subscriber will exchange every description of 
printing, such as cards, letter-heads, envelopes, circulars, etc., got up in 
first-class style, for first-class, pure-bred Houdan or Light Brahma fowls. 
FRANK A. MILLER, Box 661, Susquehanna Depot, Pa. 
WILL EXCHANGE.— Two White Cochin cocks (P. Williams’ 
strain), four Plymouth Bock cockerels (Drake’s strain), and a few Black 
Cochin cockerels (Cooke’s strain), for Silver-laced Sebright Bantams, Car- 
riers, or Jacobins. Must be first-class. Address 
T. H. ADAMS, Pawtucket, B. I. 
TO EXCHANGE. — One pair of Silver-penciled Hamburg's, bred to 
standard, for one Light Brahma cock, one year old. Must be first-class. 
Also, Hamburgs for Buff Cochins or Dark Brahmas. Address 
•T. G. DIEFFENBACH, Northumberland, Northumberland Co., Pa. 
WANTED TO EXCHANGE.— One pair of very fine Turkey 
Carrier Pigeons, valued at $10.00, for a good pair of Black English Carriers, 
from good stock. Also, some fine young Almond bred Tumblers, for Black 
and Blue Fans. Address, with stamp, 
W. C. HART, Box 152, Clinton, N. Y. 
I W’ISH TO EXCHANGE young Himalayan Buck Rabbits 
(very fine), of Halsted’s stock, for equally good of some other family of 
this breed. Would like to hear from any one having Dutch Babbits for 
nurses. E. S. DEMMON, Fitchburg, Mass. 
WANTED. — Gray Dorkings, W. C. B. Polands, Aylesbury and 
White Call Ducks, in exchange for P. Cochins, L. Brahmas, W. Dork- 
ings, Bouen Drakes, and Wild Geese. Address 
E. WABNEB, Rockville, Kankakee Co., Ills. 
RABBITS. — Lops , Ilimalayans, and Dutch. Pigeons. — Antwerp 
and Calcutta Fanlails. Will exchange for a good milch cow, or for Tur- 
hits. A. M. HALSTED, Box 23, Rye, New York. 
FOR EXCHANGE for pullets of the same stamp, Brown Leghorn 
cockerels ; thoroughbred birds, true to feather ; early hatched. None hut 
good stock in exchange. For particulars, address 
C. & M. A. BOYCE, Box 142, Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
CHOICE FANCY PIGEON S wanted in exchange for pure bred 
poultry — Polands and Leghorns. Write for particulars to 
FRANK HOWELL, Lancaster, Pa. 
WIEE EXCHANGE.— For Owls or White-barred Blue, White, or 
Yellow-wing Turbits, a few birds of the following: Pouters, Carriers, 
Barbs, Antwerps, Fantails, Archangels, Trumpeters, Moore Caps, Tum- 
blers (except Baldheads), and a Highflyer cock. What offers? Address 
W. ATLEE BDBPEE, 1333 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
WIEE EXCHANGE. — A splendid rosewood Guitar, — excellent 
tone, mechanical screws, and full set of strings ; warranted a superior 
instrument; worth, when new, $30 — for fancy pigeons or fowls of any 
variety. What offers? Address 
CHARLES A. KEEFER, 1227 Chestnut St., Beading, Pa. 
FDR SAEE DR EXCHANGE.— White and Brown English 
Ferrets, from late importations; Light and Dark Brahmas; Buff' and 
Partridge Cochins ; Silver Spangled Hamburg, Black-Breasted Red Game 
Bantams. Will exchange for any but the above varieties, for Pigeons, 
Rabbits, or Scotch Rat-Terrier Dog. Address 
WM. G. BAKER, Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio. 
ENGLISH BLACK REDS. 
I have bred Game fowls nearly twenty-five years, for my own personal 
pleasure ; never exhibited or advertised before. I have bred this season 
from fowls imported last winter from Lord Stanley’s yards, England ; 
also, from other imported stock. I have a few pairs to sell which are as 
good as any in this or any other country. Address 
GEO. C. BURKER, P. O. Box 153, Newport, R. I. 
CHDICE FANCY PIGEDNS. 
JACOBINS — White, Yellow, Red, and Motled. 
POUTERS — Red, Black, and Blue. 
TUMBLERS in great variety. 
MAGPIES, SNELLS, SWALLOWS, 
FANTAILS, TURBITS, CARRIERS, 
PRIESTS, STARS, Ac., &c. 
Send for Price List. Low prices. 
C. A. HOFHEINS, 272 Seneca St., Buffalo. N.Y 
