. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . s, the male should be a paleyellow, and the female -a deepyellow, bird, A clear yellowmale, mated with a very deepgreen hen, will usually havehandsome mottled young. Avery deep yellow male, matedwith a very deep green or brownhen, often produce the highlyprized Cinnamon bird. Never allow two crested birdsto pair, as their progeny arelikely to be bald or malformedabout the head. Some canaries will nevermate; nothing will reconcilethem. In this event anotherhen should be tried, until one When the male begins to feed her, youmay be sure that all is
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . s, the male should be a paleyellow, and the female -a deepyellow, bird, A clear yellowmale, mated with a very deepgreen hen, will usually havehandsome mottled young. Avery deep yellow male, matedwith a very deep green or brownhen, often produce the highlyprized Cinnamon bird. Never allow two crested birdsto pair, as their progeny arelikely to be bald or malformedabout the head. Some canaries will nevermate; nothing will reconcilethem. In this event anotherhen should be tried, until one When the male begins to feed her, youmay be sure that all is right. There should always beplaced in the mating-cagea piece of cuttle-bone forthe formation of shell, orthe hen may lay soft-shelleggs. There is also re-quired deers or cows hairfor the construction of thenest. To the seed diet ofthe mated birds, should beadded hard-boiled egg andcracker, rolled fine; a littleeach day. If the birds have accessto Bird Manna, they willfeed it to their nestlings,and a more rapid growthwill result, and a wonder-. STYLE NO, I, BIRD FOOD companys BOOK OF CAGE BIRDS. 21 is found that is disposed to assume the responsibihty ofrearing a family. A female canary will mate with several varieties of birds,and their offspring are called mules. The mules from someof these crosses are fine singers, and command high prices,on account of their beauty and song. Among the varietiesof birds which will mate with a female canary may be men-tioned the linnet, chaffinch, bullfinch, siskin, redpole, andchaffinch. After having been mated about a week, the hen will beginto lay one egg each day, until from four to six eggs are laid ;upon these she will sit from fourteen to sixteen days, whenthe eggs should hatch, and in the order in which they werelaid. Never disturb the eggs, or thej^ may not hatch. Dur-ing the period of incubation, the male relieves the female bysitting on the nest, a few hours each day. Should either ofthem become addicted to the vice of breaking the
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