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Identifier: birdnotesns04fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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larger in pro-portion. But size of cage alone is not everything, the positionthey occupy in the room has a great deal to do with the well-being of the occupant. The best place is opposite the window, where them-ornrng sun strikes the cage, and hung at a height that whenyou stand in front of the cage the bird on the perch isabout level with your face. For;tunately soft-bills are not so subject to Eed Mitesas hard-bills, but needless to say you must be on the look-out, therefore keep your cages clean, and if you detect theslightest sign, paint ends of perches and corners with asolution of lysol. I do not think that I have any more to say on thesubject of cages, except that some birds, shy in their nature,strongly object to being exposed to full view, and feel morehappy if part of the open front is covered with lino or somelight material behind which they can hide from the gaze ofintruders, even that of their own master. Some soft-bills are naturally shy; much depends upon Bird Notes. ;
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Ihnin frâm i;/r h,, II. W>lIfnrd. lie l.l;ick-llii(i;iic.l or Lanceolated .lav. Oil /he Kccpinjj ()/ Sojt-lidl.s in Cages. 115 luidri what siiiiouiidiiig.s they grew up, and although theyscttk- (luw 11 to ca.uc life, and are tame in a way, yet theynever lose thiir shyness and Ijeiomc really confidential. Onapproaching tluir cage, they will not lly mildly about, buttry tu hide in a corner, and no coaxing in the; world williltch them out oi it; lease the room, and they are inunediatelyon the ptrch. Others are as hold as brass, as the sayinghas it, ami woe betide you if you spoiled them by givingthem a tit-bit in the shape of a worm too often, you neverhear the eiul of it. As regards the shy birds, I have acase in point at the present moment. Three years ago I acquired a Nightingale, first yearvery shy, no song; second year, little more confidential, wouldsnap a worm from finger and sang Tor one monthâthis year Ithought I would alter the position of his cage, so put same ina darke

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