. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . the feathered portion ofcreation; nor when, among other marvels of instinctive work, he finds his attention arrested by asimple little birds nest, is he any more a trifler than the men whose constructive genius designedthe temples of old Egypt, who built the hoary Pyramids, who carved the solid mountains ofthe Nile into edifices of colossal proportions, or those who raised, brick by brick from theirfoundations, the more florid but less imposing structures of modern times. There is a time foreverything, even for trifles, i
. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . the feathered portion ofcreation; nor when, among other marvels of instinctive work, he finds his attention arrested by asimple little birds nest, is he any more a trifler than the men whose constructive genius designedthe temples of old Egypt, who built the hoary Pyramids, who carved the solid mountains ofthe Nile into edifices of colossal proportions, or those who raised, brick by brick from theirfoundations, the more florid but less imposing structures of modern times. There is a time foreverything, even for trifles, if such there be. Our trifle is the Canary of to-day—the fanciersCanary—and we propose to deal with him by describing minutely his distinctive features;showing how to breed him, feed him, moult him, develop his beauties, improve his shape andfeather, wash him, dry him, send him to the show ; how to get him there, what to do with himwhen he is there, and how to get him home again; how to bear success, how to use defeat, howto help each other, and so help CHAPTER II. THE OUT-DOOR AVIARY. There are two methods of breeding Canaries, either of which has its own peculiar merits, thoughthe objects desired by each are as widely different as are the results. The one is the aviary plan,and the other by isolation of varieties and classes in separate cages. The former may be said to bemost suitable for general purposes, and the latter, it is obvious, is that from which special resultsare to be gained; and the two must be considered from different points of view. The aviary methodis best adapted for those who have no definite purpose, other than the pleasure derivable fromgeneral observation—a pleasure of the highest order, though confined, in a considerable degree, tothe simple lover of Nature who takes her as she is, regarding all her manifestations with a delightinto which no question of how or why intrudes. To such, the aviary opens up a new world ofinterest, peopled wi
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