. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 6i great delight in bathing and keeping their plumage in per- fect condition. Their song is rather melancholy and not loud, yet on the whole agreeable. They are very hardy, and thrive on canary seed alone; but a little occasional green food is beneficial. They must be kept in a high cage or their tail will get worn off. For the aviary they are among the most showy birds that can be selected. A male Whidah bird in perfect plumage is worth |8; a female, $4, m * THE WEAVER BIRD. This_ is one of the most interesting families of foreign cag
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 6i great delight in bathing and keeping their plumage in per- fect condition. Their song is rather melancholy and not loud, yet on the whole agreeable. They are very hardy, and thrive on canary seed alone; but a little occasional green food is beneficial. They must be kept in a high cage or their tail will get worn off. For the aviary they are among the most showy birds that can be selected. A male Whidah bird in perfect plumage is worth |8; a female, $4, m * THE WEAVER BIRD. This_ is one of the most interesting families of foreign cage birds. Kept in an aviary, where they will display their wonderful ingenuity in nest building, no more amusing pets can be found. Even m a roomy cage, in which a few branches and a quantity of stiff fibre has been placed, the male of a jiair of Weaver Birds will, without delay, begin to build nest after nest, probably pulling most of them to pieces, when lialf finished, if their con- 'truction does not entirely please the proud architect. There are many varieties of these curious birds, the most common of which is in general color a dull yel- low blotched with brown; It suspends a skillfully-woven nest, in the shape of an inverted flask, the entrance being at the extremity of a prolonged neck, through which is the passage to a snug little chamber in the round body of the nest itself. This variety of Weavef Bird is worth | per S)air. Other birds, of more resplendent plumage, vary rom to $ pe.' THE WEAVER BIRD. the throat being 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 Philadelphia bird food company. [from old catalog]. The Philadelphia bird food companu
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