. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . iation of plumage, being some-times red, and sometimes a greenish yellow. The cage forthis bird must be all wire, for it will soon destroy a woodenone. It can be fed upon canary seed, with a piece of sweetapple occasionally. The song is somewhat harsh. The price pf a male birdis ^ THE YELLOW HALIMER. The Yellow Hammer is a bird of handsome plumage, butindifferent song. The breast and head are of bright lemon color; the backand tail coverts, of rich chestnut. A diet of canary seed, and a roomy cage, are required. Amale is wortli ^; or a p
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . iation of plumage, being some-times red, and sometimes a greenish yellow. The cage forthis bird must be all wire, for it will soon destroy a woodenone. It can be fed upon canary seed, with a piece of sweetapple occasionally. The song is somewhat harsh. The price pf a male birdis ^ THE YELLOW HALIMER. The Yellow Hammer is a bird of handsome plumage, butindifferent song. The breast and head are of bright lemon color; the backand tail coverts, of rich chestnut. A diet of canary seed, and a roomy cage, are required. Amale is wortli ^; or a pair $ BIRD FOOD companys EOOK OF CAGE. BIRDS. THE BOBOLINK. 53 This is a bird that wears, in the spring, a black coat,witli yellow epaulets, and dons a sober suit of russet = _^^==^ brown in the autumn. Hechanges his name with hisfeathers, for in the spring heis tlie Bobohnk,and later hiscognomen is Reedbird. Heis a jnerry songster, andmakes an attractive cagebird. He requires a dietof plain canary seed andshould be kept in a small. size Mocking Bird the plumage of theReedbird he is worth lie assumes that ofthe Bobolink, the price in-creases to $, and whenin full song, | The Bobolink should al-ways be kept on a short al-lowance of seed, three table-spoonfuls being enough fora days allowance. He is such a perfect glutton, that ifallowed an unlimited supply of seed, he will do but littlesinging. THE QUAIL. The American Quail, although it can hardly be called acage bird, is most interesting when kept in an aviary wherethey will hatch out their cumiing little ones. We sell manyof them fur the purpose of breaking liuntmg dogs. Theprice per pair ranires from $ to $ according to theseason when piirrliased. European Quail arc worth |; pair, and the curiously tufted Cahfornia Quail, aboutthe fjutme price. 54 BIRD FOOD companysBOOK OF CAGE BIRDS. THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ROBINS. The Redbreast, whichis the national bird of Eng-land
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