. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 58 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS The Seed- Hopper. by no means oIjJccI to tlicir l)cinif made lixturcs. One way is as liaiuly as ihe othei'. We always like to see tlie I'ront oi' a cage cut up as little as |)()ssihlc, though sundry useful contrivances, such as neat earthenware egg-drawers, can be inserted in the i'ront, and are very convenient for general j^urposes. Experience will suggest many things of this kind, which it is (piite lumecessary to enter into here, their adoption or rejection being matters of taste and ingenuity
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 58 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS The Seed- Hopper. by no means oIjJccI to tlicir l)cinif made lixturcs. One way is as liaiuly as ihe othei'. We always like to see tlie I'ront oi' a cage cut up as little as |)()ssihlc, though sundry useful contrivances, such as neat earthenware egg-drawers, can be inserted in the i'ront, and are very convenient for general j^urposes. Experience will suggest many things of this kind, which it is (piite lumecessary to enter into here, their adoption or rejection being matters of taste and ingenuity. Two ai)pliances only are now necessary tf) make our cage tenantable—the sced- ho])pcr and water-vessels. On this page is shown a double seed-hopper, which sujiplics the two compartments of the cage. A wooden partition, fixed in the centre of the hopper, gives it tM'o advantages. In the first ]>laee it jirevcnts the birds from quarrelling with each other, should one in each com- jiartment be feed- ing at the same time, and in the second ])lace, shoidd it be neces- sary, it enables the seed nnxturc for the two com- partments to be varied. l''or instance, in one compartment may be a pair of birds which arc fee<ling their young, and in the other a single bird oi- a pair nesting: ni such a case it is ol)\ious that a \ai-ialioii in the seed would be neccssai'y for the two sctsof occii|)ants. 'rhercfoi'c, though the double hoppers arc coiiNciiienl. we pi'cfcr a single hop])er (half the length of llic double one) for each compart mcnl. and in our o])ini(iu they ai'c much handier and easier for the amateur to m;ike. It is not necessary to fui'iiish any spccilic dimensions for a hopper, but when we sav that a double one nuisl ])c made long enough to co\(r both sets of seed-holes, it will be obvious that to lit our cage and system of \\iriug it will ]-((|nire to i)c 7 inches oi- c\en S inches in length. The dc])th is iinmateriai. but fi'om 1.', inches to 'J inches is am])le, wit
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