. Birds & nature magazine. Birds; Natural history; Natural history. A SEMINARY FOR TEACHING BIRDS HOW TO UYING and importing song birds, says the Scientific America}!^ occupies the time and attention of sev- eral scores of people in New York, and as the distributing center of this peculiar trade, the city is often the home of considerable num- bers of song birds gathered from all quarters of the globe. On the East side, in Fourth street, there are several remarkable aviaries where, without doubt, a study of one branch of ornith- ology can be pursued under conditions more favorable t
. Birds & nature magazine. Birds; Natural history; Natural history. A SEMINARY FOR TEACHING BIRDS HOW TO UYING and importing song birds, says the Scientific America}!^ occupies the time and attention of sev- eral scores of people in New York, and as the distributing center of this peculiar trade, the city is often the home of considerable num- bers of song birds gathered from all quarters of the globe. On the East side, in Fourth street, there are several remarkable aviaries where, without doubt, a study of one branch of ornith- ology can be pursued under conditions more favorable than elsewhere on this continent, and a visit to one of these bird conservatories of music is better than a trip to the fields or woods to listen to the songs of the wild warblers. The owner of the aviary is a German —more than probable from some little village in the Hartz Mountams, where bird-raising is the chief industry,—and he n it only feeds and tends his little birds with loving care, but teaches them to whistle and sing in tune to the accompaniment of an old reed organ or flute. There are several large importing houses of song birds in New York, and in the busy season they employ from twenty to forty travelers who go back and forth from Europe to purchase the pick of the Canaries, Bullfinches and other European songsters. The con- signments come chiefly from Germany and England. Nearly all the Canaries raised in the world for cage purposes come from these two countries, and most of the German exporting houses have distributing branches in New York. The birds are sent over by steamer in large consignments under the charge of an expert care-tender, who does nothing else but feed and doctor the little pets placed under his charge. One experienced man can take charge of five large crates, each one containing two hundred and ten cages of birds, or a little over a thou- sand in all. Sometimes during the rush season the care-tender has five hurricane deckers to watch, or fo
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