. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . les, they must be kept in the same straightline while being turned up at the bottom and pinched on to the frame on which the entirefabric works, or the door will not slide at all, or only with difficulty. Success depends entirelyon true work. And further, the upper strengthening cross-wire must be placed sufficiently highto admit of the door travelling, or the consequences will be obvious. A sliding door, let itbe observed, is not a necessity ; an ordinary swing door can be made, but nothing is gainedby it, and it require
. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . les, they must be kept in the same straightline while being turned up at the bottom and pinched on to the frame on which the entirefabric works, or the door will not slide at all, or only with difficulty. Success depends entirelyon true work. And further, the upper strengthening cross-wire must be placed sufficiently highto admit of the door travelling, or the consequences will be obvious. A sliding door, let itbe observed, is not a necessity ; an ordinary swing door can be made, but nothing is gainedby it, and it requires some amount of skill and practice to turn out one which has not thetrade-mark, home-made, stamped on every wire. Some, to whom the construction of a breeding-cage is no novelty, will perhaps observethat we have made no reference to egg-drawers and a few et catcras, which sometimes areunited to it. We prefer to supply them by inside attachments, though we by no means objectto their being made fixtures. One way is as handy as the other. We always like to see the front. KIG. II.—SEED-HOPPER. of a cage cut up as little as possible, though sundry useful contrivances, such as neat earthen-ware egg-drawers, can be inserted in the front, and are very convenient for general will suggest many things of this kind, which it is quite unnecessary to enter intohere, their adoption or rejection being matters of taste and ingenuity. Two appliances only are now necessary to make our cage tenantable—the seed-hopperand water-vessels, of which we give illustrations. It is not necessary to furnish any specificdimensions for a hopper, but when we say that it must be made long enough to cover both setsof seed-holes, it will be obvious that to fit our cage and system of wiring, it will require to besix inches in length. The depth is immaterial, but from an inch to an inch and a half is ample,with a width of say two inches. There is nothing gained by increasing these dimensions
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