. The canary, its varieties, management and breeding. Canaries. 138 The Canary. CHAPTER XIX. ON AGES suitable and proper for a canary are not altogether so much mere matters of taste as ii some people are apt to imagine. They may be too small or too large, too ornamental or too elabo- rate in their workmanship, and in either or all of these cases they do not answer the purpose required. If a cage be too small it is cruel to the bird you desire to pet, while if it be toolarge, a single bird will not only appear lost in it, but in all probability it will have the effect of making him les
. The canary, its varieties, management and breeding. Canaries. 138 The Canary. CHAPTER XIX. ON AGES suitable and proper for a canary are not altogether so much mere matters of taste as ii some people are apt to imagine. They may be too small or too large, too ornamental or too elabo- rate in their workmanship, and in either or all of these cases they do not answer the purpose required. If a cage be too small it is cruel to the bird you desire to pet, while if it be toolarge, a single bird will not only appear lost in it, but in all probability it will have the effect of making him less disposed to treat you with his song. On the other hand, if a cage be too elaborate and ornamental in its design and workmanship, the effect will be to fasten the attention rather on the casket than on the jewel it is meant to enshrine. Since the first Great Exhibition in Hyde Park we have had bird-cages of every form and description. Swiss cottages, Chinese pagodas, Gothic churches, and Indian temples, with their painted domes and minarets, all doing great credit to the taste and enterprise of our workers in tin, but utterly unadapted to the purpose required. To do this satisftictorily we maintain that the cage should always be subordinate to the bird, and its main object be to set off to tlie greatest advantage the plumage of the latter, and just in proportion as it. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, F. London, Warne
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