The Natural History of Cage Birds
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Johann Matthäus Bechstein's The Natural History of Cage Birds covers their management, habits, food, diseases, treatment, breeding, and the methods of catching them. The author's preface says there are many people who like to keep birds, who neither know their habits nor the proper treatment or food requisite for them. The author considers one egg enough for twenty birds for one day, with their other food, it being only intended as a change of diet.
The author considers keeping several different species together in the same large cage by far the best plan, as they amuse each other and keep one another warm in cold weather. The text calls unfounded the opinion of some that the grayish canaries have more facility in learning than the yellow or the white. Under the heading The Mallard, the text says our domestic ducks derive their origin from this species.
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- Pages
- 315
- Language
- English
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- Animal Care
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