. The canary : its varieties, management, and breeding : with portraits of the author's own birds . On Cages. 141 pec ted cause of ill-health, and death of many a valued andvaluable bird. Of course the only way to guard againstthis disaster is to go to the best makers, or the leadingbird-dealers, who are sure to patronise the best articles. But the cage to set off a canary to the greatestadvantage, and which therefore we recommend beforeall others, is the plain square-topped cage, made ofwhite tin wire without any wood-work at all, exceptthe bottom, whicli should be of polished ebony, or atlea
. The canary : its varieties, management, and breeding : with portraits of the author's own birds . On Cages. 141 pec ted cause of ill-health, and death of many a valued andvaluable bird. Of course the only way to guard againstthis disaster is to go to the best makers, or the leadingbird-dealers, who are sure to patronise the best articles. But the cage to set off a canary to the greatestadvantage, and which therefore we recommend beforeall others, is the plain square-topped cage, made ofwhite tin wire without any wood-work at all, exceptthe bottom, whicli should be of polished ebony, or atleast, if of other wood, stained black. This suits alikeall birds of whatever colour they may be, but we needhardly say sets off the pale yellow or the deep orangeto the very greatest advantage. It is far beyond thecommon mahogany, as any one may judge for himselfif he will only contrast any substance of red and yellowtogether, beside yellow and black. All fanciers whenthey wish to exhibit their birds to a purchaser orotherwise, invariably use a black cage and not a maho-gany one, which speaks for
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