. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. ^- HALF-MOON SHAPED DRINKING-VESSEL. SO that egg and other soft foods which soon decompose are not likely to be thrown into the mouth. When used in con- nection with large flights, where a group of birds are flying together, it is not so quickly cleaned as the open-topped drink- ing-vessels, and two or three of the lat- ter placed a little apart along the front of a flight would answer the same purpose. If, however, the water holes are limited in the flight, then the conical fountain will well supply the need, as more than one—if of fa
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. ^- HALF-MOON SHAPED DRINKING-VESSEL. SO that egg and other soft foods which soon decompose are not likely to be thrown into the mouth. When used in con- nection with large flights, where a group of birds are flying together, it is not so quickly cleaned as the open-topped drink- ing-vessels, and two or three of the lat- ter placed a little apart along the front of a flight would answer the same purpose. If, however, the water holes are limited in the flight, then the conical fountain will well supply the need, as more than one—if of fair size—will not be required unless there is a great number of birds, and the flight is very large. It is not necessary for the amateur cage- maker to have a complete kit of joiner's tools. He should have two Ca°l^ ^°^ ^^^^^ ^°"^ ^ 1^*^"^' ''^'"^ *^^^ other MaKing. ^ tenon or back saw), a " jack " and a smoothing plane, a couple of hammers (one very light and the other a little heavier), two bradawls (one to carry No. 14 or No. 15 gauge wire and the other to carry No. 16 or No. 17 gauge), a marking gauge—which we fully described, and which he would make himself—a square, a couple of sharp chisels, differing in size, a medium-sized screw-driver, a „ ,, . ,. CONICAL GLASS pair of cutting pliers, a pair fountain. of round - pointed pliers, a 2-foot rule, an oil-stone, and a soldering iron. Additions can be made to the kit as they are found to be helpful, such as a brace and bits, files, different sized chisels, compasses, etc. Apart from breeding purposes, all varie- ties of canaries and hybrids may be kept in box-shaped cages, though they may, as we shall describe, differ a little in size and 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 Robson, John; Lewer
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