. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . .»^ If the young fancier be enabled to fit up a loft over a stable,or other out-building, for a pigeon house, the best arrangement. PIGEON LOFT. he can adopt is that shown in the above illustration. Themeans for exit and re-entrance must be first thought of; andif there be no window in the loft, two holes must be made inthe wall, at about five feet fro
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . .»^ If the young fancier be enabled to fit up a loft over a stable,or other out-building, for a pigeon house, the best arrangement. PIGEON LOFT. he can adopt is that shown in the above illustration. Themeans for exit and re-entrance must be first thought of; andif there be no window in the loft, two holes must be made inthe wall, at about five feet from the floor, each sufficientlylarge to admit a pigeon easily; a shelf should be fastened onthe inside,and another on the outside, of the said apertures; on J mm*-- Y PIGEONS. 99 9 this latter shelf, a trap, or aerie, should be affixed, theintent and purposes of which I shall presently explain. Atthe upper part of the loft, rough branches should be placed asperches in the manner shown in the representation. At aboutfour feet from the floor, breeding boxes, according to thenumber of birds intended to be kept, should be securely fixedto the wall, care being taken to protect them from rats, &c. Some fanciers furnish their boxes with little earthenwarepans, or small baskets, for the birds to deposit their eggs in;although the eggs are not so likely to be broken in the
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