. 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 . n which evergreens are placed that havenot lost their leaves. Above all things, it is desirable to makethis abode as nearly resemble their natural dwelling place aspossible, that they may be excited to pair. With every care,however, to render their breeding place like the natural one,it is difficult to supply them with the necessary materials fortheir
. 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 . n which evergreens are placed that havenot lost their leaves. Above all things, it is desirable to makethis abode as nearly resemble their natural dwelling place aspossible, that they may be excited to pair. With every care,however, to render their breeding place like the natural one,it is difficult to supply them with the necessary materials fortheir nests. This deficiency should be supplied by nests arti-ficially formed of woven cotton, willow, straw, or turned wood,into which they will only have to convey appropriate linings;for this purpose, they must be supplied with the hair of animalsand raw silk, cotton, w^ool, &c. Especial care must be taken to furnish the birds withrequisite food, which partly contributes to fit old ones forbreeding, and which must also be suited to the varying 1 INTRODUCTION. 15 f ages of the reared young. In this particular, I shall mentionwhat must be done, in the articles relating to the differentspecies described in the subsequent part of this GREEDINO CAGS. 16 INTRODUCTION. W TIME FOR REMOVING- WILD BIRDS FROM I HE UEST. It may be necessary that I should give some general direc-tions about the time at which it is desirable to remove young\\ ild birds, intended to be reared, from the nest. This is whenthe tail quills shoot forth, and when all the feathers begin toexpand, and before the birds can yet completely open theireyes. If they are removed earlier, their stomachs are too weakto endure the food of the aviary, and if it take place later, it isusually extremely difficult to induce them to open their beaksto receive food with which they are unacquainted. But thereare species of birds which can at all times be easily fed andtamed. As a general rule, all seed-eating birds may betamed, b
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