. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. on the Construction and Fitti7ig of Small Aviaries. 137 Half the pleasure in keeping birds is, to my mind, to have them tame and confiding, and for this reason I have a great objection to the catching-net, alwaj'S preferring to quietly trap a bird if I can possibly spare the time—and there are some, how- ever tame, which are wary enough to take a deal of trapping. For this purpose I would suggest using the feeding-box I have described, fitting it with a quietly-closing spring netting like that of a bird trap. A light wire-work frame co
. The Avicultural magazine. Aviculture; Birds; Cage birds. on the Construction and Fitti7ig of Small Aviaries. 137 Half the pleasure in keeping birds is, to my mind, to have them tame and confiding, and for this reason I have a great objection to the catching-net, alwaj'S preferring to quietly trap a bird if I can possibly spare the time—and there are some, how- ever tame, which are wary enough to take a deal of trapping. For this purpose I would suggest using the feeding-box I have described, fitting it with a quietly-closing spring netting like that of a bird trap. A light wire-work frame could be attached above it to close the opening left when the box is temporarily taken away. A rather good way to give green food is to hang it up in an ordinary glass jar containing water. It will thus keep fresh throughout the day, and if it is tied in a bunch the birds cannot pull it to pieces and litter it about the place. (I merely mention a glass jar because it permits j'ou to see how much water you aren't pouring over your slippers). I have tried to illustrate such a jar (Fig. 2) and one way of suspending it; the string should be fairly stout, or Goldies and Siskins will soon tease it to a thread and possibly let the whole thing down with a Fig. I. Fig. 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 Avicultural Society. [Ascot, Berkshire, etc. , Avicultural Society, etc. ]
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