. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. CANARIES AND OTHER CAGE-BIRD FRIENDS. A SAMPAN S DECK IS FOOK KEE S In- All BARGAIN COUNTER "Birds to sinp. If not sing can will be to change other. Dealer at moderate ; So reads a Chinese vender's shingle on his "houseboat" moored to a wharf at Kowloon, on the mainland opposite Hong Kong. Like water beetles, flotillas of junks and sampans crowd the shores of Cathay's rivers. They are floating homes for thousands of families who never sleep on land. the birds did not thrive and tht-ir intro
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. CANARIES AND OTHER CAGE-BIRD FRIENDS. A SAMPAN S DECK IS FOOK KEE S In- All BARGAIN COUNTER "Birds to sinp. If not sing can will be to change other. Dealer at moderate ; So reads a Chinese vender's shingle on his "houseboat" moored to a wharf at Kowloon, on the mainland opposite Hong Kong. Like water beetles, flotillas of junks and sampans crowd the shores of Cathay's rivers. They are floating homes for thousands of families who never sleep on land. the birds did not thrive and tht-ir introduction there has been called a failure. StrawJ>erry Finch Next to the canary, the weaver birds, or weaver finches (Family Ploceidae), are among the most popular of aviary birds, though here we deal with a great variety instead of a single kind. This is an Old World family of many species that are handled easily in captivity. Weavers range in size from small to tiny, and are often of beautiful and striking plumage. Like the sparrow tribe, they live on seeds and so are easily maintained. Enter the birdhouse in any extensive zo- ological garden, and soon you are certain to find an aviary with a swarm of little birds that fly continually from food trays to perches or from place to place about the enclosure in vivacious activity. These are weaver finches, the group ordinarily consisting of several kinds confined in company. In separate aviaries, where they are not too much disturbed, they often nest and rear young. The species in this group, in the wild state, are most abundant in Africa and in the Indian and Malayan regions. Many years ago I saw in a bird store a pair of handsome but tiny birds that the dealer told me were strawberry finches (Color Plate IV I. They so intrigued my fancy that they soon were mine. The birds were sent home in the usual little wicker cage wrapped carcfulh- in paper. A peep through the wrappings showed them rest- ing quietly, and a spare canary cage
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