. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. OPEN TOP ROUND GLASS DRINK- ING-VESSEL. made hook-shape in a siniihir manner to the ends of the wire arms for the short cross-perches previously described. These, when pressed over the top cdoe of the bottom cross-bar, hokl the round wire frame firm ; the glass drinlcer cannot slip through owing to the flanged edge of the top. In the list of open water-vessels will be found, too, the glass and earthen- ware cups, which also re- quire to be suspended in wire loops. The covered-in round- topped glass bottles are still used for both seed
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. OPEN TOP ROUND GLASS DRINK- ING-VESSEL. made hook-shape in a siniihir manner to the ends of the wire arms for the short cross-perches previously described. These, when pressed over the top cdoe of the bottom cross-bar, hokl the round wire frame firm ; the glass drinlcer cannot slip through owing to the flanged edge of the top. In the list of open water-vessels will be found, too, the glass and earthen- ware cups, which also re- quire to be suspended in wire loops. The covered-in round- topped glass bottles are still used for both seed and water in song cages, though not to such an extent as they were. We have a great objection to them, for while they may be handy for the seed they are anj-thing but suitable for the water ; they are most difficult to clean, and as the edges round the opening are very rough, one's fingers are often cut in the effort to clean the inside of the vessel. Great care is also required to fit them so that the mouth of the bottle is exactly opposite to the wire hole, and very little is sufficient to displace them; the bird is then deprived of water or seed, as the case may be, until the mischief is discovered. Another glass drinking-vessel in general use in many j^arts of the north of England is the half-moon shape (shown in the next column). It will be observed that the flat side of the vessel rests against the front of the cage, and that the wire looiJ is passed through the front bar with the ends bent inside to hold it in jaosition. A better method of fixing the wires is to make the ends into hooks, so that they grip over the top of the bar. The wire loop can then be removed when the cages are washed, etc The well-known conical glass fountain with projecting lip is a rather expen- sive but admirable reservoir, which furnishes a continual supply of clean Mater. We know of no better water-vessel than this, if the wire hole be placed above the cross- bar and adjacent to one of the perc
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