. 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 . is,by taking a long-continued draught, like cattle, a fountain, orlarge-bottomed glass bottle, with a tolerably long neck, for water,should be provided for their house; it should be placed on asmall three-legged stool, so that its mouth may incline into anearthenware pan, into which the water will trickle slowly, andcease when it reaches the level of t
. 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 . is,by taking a long-continued draught, like cattle, a fountain, orlarge-bottomed glass bottle, with a tolerably long neck, for water,should be provided for their house; it should be placed on asmall three-legged stool, so that its mouth may incline into anearthenware pan, into which the water will trickle slowly, andcease when it reaches the level of the mouth of the bottle, and acontinued supply of fresh water thus be kept up; two or threebricks will serve instead of a stool, to give the bottle the neces-sary elevation. To insure the thriving of the birds, the loft and shelvesshould be kept clean, and gravel strown on the floor; indeed,gravel must on no account be omitted, as pigeons are exceed-ingly fond,of pecking it. The aerie before mentioned, which is fastened on the Sg^ ■ —« 100 PIGEONS. shelf outside of the loft, is a trap made of laths. It has two sidesand a front only, the wall of the loft forming the back; thefront and sides act upon hinges, so that they may be thrown. AERIE OPEN. open, and laid flat on the platform, as in the above figureA, B, C; and on the upper parts of these flaps are fastenedstrings, united to a single string in the middle of the trap; thestring is carried over the swivel E, at the top of the machine,to a hiding place, whence the owner can see all that passes,and when a bird alights within the aerie, he jerks the string,the flaps are elevated, and the bird is immediately a aerie, when shut, presents the appearance shown in thefollowing illustration. This kind of trap is used not only by
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