. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. S2 To produce handsome, yellow birds, the male should be a pale yellow, and the female a deep yellow bird. A dear yellow bird, mated with a very deep green hen, will probably have handsome mottled young. A very deep yellow male, mated with a very deep green or brown hen, often produce the highly prized Cinnamon bird. Never allow two crested birds to pair, as their progeny are likely to be bald or malformed about the head. BREEDING CANARIES IN A ROOM, UN- Canaries will breed famously if turned loose in a room; and where no singl
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. S2 To produce handsome, yellow birds, the male should be a pale yellow, and the female a deep yellow bird. A dear yellow bird, mated with a very deep green hen, will probably have handsome mottled young. A very deep yellow male, mated with a very deep green or brown hen, often produce the highly prized Cinnamon bird. Never allow two crested birds to pair, as their progeny are likely to be bald or malformed about the head. BREEDING CANARIES IN A ROOM, UN- Canaries will breed famously if turned loose in a room; and where no single variety is kept and no particular excel- lence aimed at, there is no better plan, or one more adapted to furnish the larp'est amount of pleasure at the least expense. The birds have more scope for freedom of action in a room than in a cage. No artificial heat is needed as Canaries will stand almost any amount of cold, pro- viding there is no draught. Do not mate them before turning them loose, but it is better to have at least twice as many females as males. Each male will pair with some particular hen and pay her speciiil attention, at least till she is sitting, when the chances are he will court some new fiG. I. flame; but he will not negltrcthisfirst love, and will continue to feed her on the nest, though, under the circum- stances, he will become general in his attentions. And it is strange to note the behavior of hens in an aviary. Two will sometimes sit on the edge of a nest feeding as assidu- ously as if each claimed the young ones for her own. By all means introduce male linnets; and goldfinches, either males or hens. Hen linnets will breed in rooms onl^ under special treatment, and then very rarely; but a hen goldfinch will build, sit. hatch, and feed as well as a canary. The progeny will be linnet and canary mules, and goldfinch and canary mules; and will in all probability be dark solid- colored birds. The hens will l>^ useless,but the males are (excellent songs
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