. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . histle and otherplants, and in the house may have summer-rape and canary seed, but not toomuch hemp, w^hichwould fatten it somuch that the birdwould soon dieof apoplexy; inga,otherwise niger, hasa similar effect, asalso have maw andlinseed, none ofwhich should beallowed except invery small quanti-ties now^ and thenfor a change. The nest is oftenplaced among theterminal branchesof the trees itfrequents, and istwigs, secured by cobwebs andfibre. The eggs, which are of a light gre
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . histle and otherplants, and in the house may have summer-rape and canary seed, but not toomuch hemp, w^hichwould fatten it somuch that the birdwould soon dieof apoplexy; inga,otherwise niger, hasa similar effect, asalso have maw andlinseed, none ofwhich should beallowed except invery small quanti-ties now^ and thenfor a change. The nest is oftenplaced among theterminal branchesof the trees itfrequents, and istwigs, secured by cobwebs andfibre. The eggs, which are of a light greyish colour, arethickly spotted with purplish-brown; they are usually fivein number. There are two broods in the year. In the house,the male will pair and produce mules with a Canary, orother Finch, or he will mate with a female Siskin which, asa rule, is quite ready to nest in a cage, sitting on her ow^neggs and even occasionally fully rearing her young. Siskin mules are not remarkable for elegance of form,beauty of colouring or for size; sometimes, when themother is a Canary, they are mottled, but, as often as. TiiE Siskin. built of roots and small FOR CAGES AND A VIARIES. 8i not, they are the exact counterpart of their father asregards plumage, but approach the mother in the matterof size. They are but poor songsters and not in muchrequest. Some of the South African Finches are now and thenexhibited at bird shows and labelled as mules between theSiskin and some other bird, but no one but an utter novicecould be gulled by such a transparent device. And yet theYellow Thickbilled Finch of the Cape got a prize at ashow (nameless) some years ago as a Siskin-Bullfinch mule! The Siskin is a hardy bird, when treated correctly, and itis surprising what it will endure in the way of ill-treatment without succumbing to the effects of the mistakenkindness of its thoughtless guardian. Thus, although anative of the far north, it is often kept in an apartmentwith a stove temperature, and fe
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