. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . allis done it resolves itself into our original proposition, that all cages, whether in stacks or one piece,are best made in combinations of twos, separate or united. Why not in threes. Simply becauseit is not so easy in a combination of odd numbers to place the seed and water vessels so satis-factorily as in an arrangement of twos, one drawback being that unless the water-tin of the centrecompartment be hung close to the seed-hopper, giving the whole a lop-sided appearance, it canonly be hung on the centre door; and ther
. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . allis done it resolves itself into our original proposition, that all cages, whether in stacks or one piece,are best made in combinations of twos, separate or united. Why not in threes. Simply becauseit is not so easy in a combination of odd numbers to place the seed and water vessels so satis-factorily as in an arrangement of twos, one drawback being that unless the water-tin of the centrecompartment be hung close to the seed-hopper, giving the whole a lop-sided appearance, it canonly be hung on the centre door; and there is, therefore, a possibility, which never ought to arise, Patterns op Breeding-Cages. 27 of omitting to replace it on closing the door—an omission which need occur once to bring about adeal of mischief The simple shutting of the door carries with it the idea of an act completed,and even with the water-tin hanging close by and staring you in the face, the chances are thatonce in a way it is not replaced. In the case of a centre door working on hinges, the fastening. FIG. 4.—BREEDING-CAGES. ought always to be the hooks of the water-tin—the door cannot then be fastened except byreplacing the tin. We will now proceed to construct our cage, which, to begin with, is nothing more than a boxthree feet long, eighteen inches high, and ten inches deep, made of clean yellow pine about three-eighths of an inch thick, neatly and securely put together, every joint fitting as closely as goodworkmanship can ensure. These dimensions give a square frontage to each compartment, whichis, , not the most pleasing to the eye ; but if it be wished to alter it, let it be in thedirection of the length, which may be extended an inch or two. This is divided into two 28 Canar/es axd Cage-Birds. compartments by a central partition, which can either be the entire height of the cage or only halfthe height, the upper half sliding in and out in a groove. The only advantage gained by this isthat w
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