Natural History of Cage Birds

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Author

Bechstein, Johann Matthäus, 1757-1822

Title

The Natural History of Cage Birds Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them.

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Cage birds

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40055

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40055

Release Date

June 22, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF — BY J. M. BECHSTEIN, M.D., &c. &c., OF WALTERSHAUSEN, IN SAXONY. — LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. — AUTHOR’S PREFACE. — SECOND EDITION. — THIRD EDITION. — NOTICE BY THE TRANSLATOR.
2. 2.NATURAL HISTORY OF CAGE BIRDS. — INTRODUCTION. — SONGS OF TAME BIRDS. — HABITATIONS OF TAME BIRDS. — FOOD OF TAME BIRDS. — BREEDING OF TAME BIRDS. — DISORDERS OF TAME BIRDS. — AGE OF TAME BIRDS. — BIRD CATCHING. — BIRDS OF PREY. — THE KESTRIL. — THE LITTLE OWL. — PIES. — THE GREAT BUTCHER BIRD. — THE LITTLE SHRIKE. — THE WOODCHAT. — THE FLUSHER. — THE RAVEN. — THE CARRION CROW. — THE HOODED CROW. — THE JACK-DAW. — THE JAY. — THE NUT-CRACKER. — THE MAGPIE. — THE ROLLER. — THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. — THE HOOPOE. — THE CUCKOO. — THE MINOR GRAKLE. — LARGE BEAKED BIRDS. — THE RED AND BLUE MACCAW. — THE BLUE AND YELLOW MACCAW. — THE ILLINOIS PARROT. — THE LONG-TAILED GREEN PARRAKEET. — THE BLUE-HEADED PARROT. — THE YELLOW PARROT. — THE AMBOINA PARROT. — THE PURPLE PARROT. — THE WHISKERED PARROT. — THE CARDINAL PARROT. — VARIETIES OF THE CARDINAL PARROT. — THE RED-HEADED GUINEA PARRAKEET. — THE PAVOUAN PARROT. — THE ROSE-RINGED PARRAKEET. — THE CAROLINA PARROT. — THE LITTLE BLUE AND GREEN PARRAKEET. — THE GREY-BREASTED PARROT. — THE RED AND BLUE HEADED PARRAKEET. — THE RED-CRESCENTED PARAKEET. — THE GREAT WHITE COCKATOO. — THE LESSER WHITE COCKATOO. — THE GREAT RED-CRESTED COCKATOO. — THE RED-VENTED COCKATOO. — THE BANKSIAN COCKATOO. — THE ASH-COLOURED PARROT. — THE CERAM LORY. — THE BLUE-CAPPED LORY. — THE BLACK-CAPPED LORY. — THE WHITE-FRONTED PARROT. — THE BLUE-FACED PARROT. — COMMON AMAZON PARROT. — THE YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON PARROT. — THE YELLOW-BREASTED TUCAN. — THE BRAZILIAN TUCAN. — THE PREACHER TUCAN. — WOODPECKERS. — THE GREEN WOODPECKER. — THE GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. — THE MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER. — THE LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. — THE WRYNECK. — THE TOURAKO. — THE COMMON KINGFISHER. — THE NUTHATCH. — PASSERINE BIRDS. — THE CROSSBILL. — THE BULLFINCH. — THE GREEN BIRD. — THE PINE GROSBEAK. — HAWFINCH. — THE CARDINAL GROSBEAK, OR VIRGINIAN NIGHTINGALE. — THE JAVA SPARROW, OR RICE BIRD. — THE WAXBILL. — THE AMANDAVA. — THE PARADISE GROSBEAK. — THE REDBILL. — THE DOMINICAN. — THE GRENADIER. — THE CAPE FINCH. — THE CAFFRARIAN FINCH. — THE BLUE FINCH. — YELLOW-BELLIED GROSBEAK. — THE GOWRY BIRD. — THE BANDED FINCH. — THE BROWN-CHEEKED FINCH. — THE MALACCA FINCH. — THE SNOW BUNTING. — THE MOUNTAIN BUNTING. — THE YELLOWHAMMER. — THE CORN BUNTING. — THE ORTOLAN. — THE CIRL-BUNTING, Lath. — THE FOOLISH BUNTING. — THE BLACK BONNET, OR REED BUNTING. — THE SPARROW BUNTING. — THE WHIDAH BUNTING. — THE DOMINICAN BUNTING. — THE SHAFT-TAILED BUNTING. — THE INDIGO BIRD. — THE PAINTED BUNTING. — THE CHAFFINCH. — THE MOUNTAIN FINCH. — THE HOUSE SPARROW. — THE TREE SPARROW, Lath . — THE COMMON LINNET. — THE LESSER REDPOLE. — THE GOLDFINCH. — THE SISKIN. — THE RING SPARROW. — THE SERIN FINCH. — THE CITRIL FINCH. — THE LAPLAND FINCH. — THE SNOW FINCH. — THE CANARY. — THE GLOSSY FINCH. — THE PURPLE FINCH. — THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. — THE BRAZILIAN FINCH. — THE BLUE-BELLIED FINCH. — THE LIVER-BROWN FINCH. — THE ANGOLA FINCH. — THE GREEN GOLDFINCH. — WARBLERS. — THE SKY-LARK. — THE CRESTED LARK. — THE WOOD-LARK. — THE TITLARK. — THE FIELD PIPIT. — THE SHORE LARK. — THE CALANDRA LARK. — THE STARLING. — THE BOHEMIAN CHATTERER. — THE DIPPER. — THE MISSEL THRUSH. — THE SONG THRUSH. — THE FIELDFARE. — THE REDWING. — THE ROSE OUZEL. — THE BLACKBIRD. — THE RING BLACKBIRD. — THE ROCK THRUSH. — THE SOLITARY THRUSH. — THE BLUE THRUSH. — THE REED THRUSH. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE BLACKCAP. — THE FAUVETTE. — THE WHITE-BREAST 90 — THE DUNNOCK, OR HEDGE SPARROW. — THE RED-BREAST. — THE BLUE-BREAST. — THE COMMON WAGTAIL. — THE GREY WAGTAIL. — THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. — THE WHEATEAR. — THE WHINCHAT. — THE WHITE-THROAT. — THE BABILLARD. — THE BLACK REDSTART. — THE COMMON REDSTART. — THE ARBOUR BIRD. — THE COMMON CHIFF-CHAFF. — THE RUFOUS CHIFF-CHAFF. — THE HAY-BIRD, OR WILLOW WREN. — THE WOOD WREN. — THE GRASSHOPPER BIRD. — THE REED WARBLER. — THE SEDGE BIRD. — THE WREN. — THE GOLD-CRESTED WREN. — THE ALPINE WARBLER. — THE OXEYE, OR GREATER TIT 109 . — THE COLE TIT. — THE BLUE TIT, OR TOM TIT. — THE MARSH TIT. — THE CRESTED TIT. — THE BEARDED TIT, OR REED BIRD. — DOVES. — THE RING DOVE, OR CUSHAT. — THE TURTLE DOVE. — THE COLLARED TURTLE. — POULTRY. — THE COMMON PARTRIDGE. — THE COMMON QUAIL. — WADING BIRDS. — THE WHITE STORK. — THE BLACK STORK. — THE WOODCOCK. — THE COMMON SNIPE. — THE LAPWING. — THE RUFF. — THE PURR. — THE MOOR HEN. — THE CORN CRAKE. — WEB-FOOTED BIRDS. — THE SWAN. — THE SHELDRAKE. — THE WILD GOOSE. — THE SCAUP DUCK. — THE MALLARD. — THE TARROCK. — FOOTNOTES: — INDEX. — THE END. — Its VARIETIES, MANAGEMENT, and BREEDING; — By the REV. FRANCIS SMITH — CONTENTS. — Opinions of the Press. — Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster Row, London.

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