. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. " The secret of success with caged birds is to keep the water fresh and pure, and the cage and perches scrupulously cleans My feeling about our native birds is that it is much better to make friends of them than caged pets. When I see some naturally happy and cheerful bird, like the cardinal, losing the brilliancy of its eye and plumage, and hopping incessantly back and forth in a narrow cage, I always feel like opening the door and letting it go.
. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. " The secret of success with caged birds is to keep the water fresh and pure, and the cage and perches scrupulously cleans My feeling about our native birds is that it is much better to make friends of them than caged pets. When I see some naturally happy and cheerful bird, like the cardinal, losing the brilliancy of its eye and plumage, and hopping incessantly back and forth in a narrow cage, I always feel like opening the door and letting it go. We like to make friends with the birds at Elm- wood, to have them about the house and yard, and it is astounding how many there are when one knows when and where to look for them. I have counted as many as sixty different varieties in the course of a year around Elmwood. Years ago, I had a big martin box built, with some thirty compartments in it, and every year since they have occupied it, coming about April 15th, and leaving when their brood is raised. What thousands of insects they eat in the course of the sum- mer ! Then we have wren boxes around, in the trees and on the porch-posts, and a box for the bluebirds. We have swallows at the barn and under the smoke- house eaves, with orioles, catbirds, song-sparrows,. MARTIN Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson
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