. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . enough,the space at command may be divided into two or three compartments by permanent partitions orby slides, and the whole will then represent a large cage without fronts ; and here we will leave it,to enter on the subject of cage-making proper. Different towns and different schools of fanciers affect different breeding appliances. Customand long usage determine many fashions, quite irrespective of their suitability. The ancient,heavy, cumbersome, two-wheeled, four-horse plough still reigns in many parts of Kent, andpro
. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . enough,the space at command may be divided into two or three compartments by permanent partitions orby slides, and the whole will then represent a large cage without fronts ; and here we will leave it,to enter on the subject of cage-making proper. Different towns and different schools of fanciers affect different breeding appliances. Customand long usage determine many fashions, quite irrespective of their suitability. The ancient,heavy, cumbersome, two-wheeled, four-horse plough still reigns in many parts of Kent, andprobably elsewhere; while in the north a light, effective machine, which a man might almost swingover his shoulder, is used. Each has its merits and demerits, and nobody will dispute either. InScotland—and thousands of Canaries are bred beyond the Tweed—open-wire cages are used ; whilea few miles south of the old Roman wall such a thing is unknown. The London cage, theordinary sale article of wire-workers and cage-makers, of which we give an illustration, is a useful. FIG. 3.—THE LONDON CAGE. thing in its way, and, as generally turned out of the makers hands, is not an unsuitable ornamentto the breakfast-room or study. Our sketch is made from memory, and may not perhaps be quiteso elegant as the manufactured article, but the arrangements of the cage are the same. It is anopen-wire cage, made in either one or two compartments, and consists of the usual living-room,two nesting-places, and a small nursery, all under one roof On the shelf of the nesting-place(which can be secluded from the living-room by a falling door, not visible in the sketch) is seen abox, in which the hen constructs her nest. This can be suspended against the back of the littlecloset if required, and we think it is best so. In place of this box, a basket (Fig. 17) is sometimeslet into the shelf like a hand-basin. The doors at the end afford facilities for getting at the interiorfor examination of nests, cle
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