The Natural History of Cage Birds
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Bechstein Johann Matthäus. The Natural History of Cage Birds
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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-BREAST90
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 TIT109
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
Отрывок из книги
The Natural History of Cage Birds, which I now lay before the public, is a work I have long been solicited to write. There are many people who like to keep birds, who neither know their habits nor the proper treatment or food requisite for them. Even those who are not altogether ignorant of these, often have but very limited, superficial, and, what is worse, sometimes erroneous ideas on the subject. It is for such readers I have given the following Introduction; for professed naturalists will find nothing there but what they have already learnt, either from my own works or from those of other authors on natural history.
If long experience and minute observation on the subject of his work is calculated to gain an author credit, I flatter myself that this will not be denied me, since from my earliest youth I have delighted in being surrounded with birds, and am so accustomed to them that I cannot write at my desk with pleasure, or even with attention, unless animated by the warbling of the pleasing little creatures which enliven my room. My passion is carried so far, that I always have about thirty birds around me, and this has naturally led me to consider the best and easiest mode of procuring them, as well as of feeding and preserving them in health. Few amateurs, therefore, are better fitted than myself to write on this subject; and I hope I have done it to the satisfaction of the public. I ought also to notice in this place the plan of my work, as my book may fall into the hands both of those who might feel a wish to learn more particulars, and of those who may think much less would have sufficed.
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One thing which is very injurious to the lungs of birds, and which too often occurs, is the fright occasioned by tormenting them, or by seizing them too suddenly; for the poor little things often rupture a blood-vessel in the breast while beating themselves about: a drop of blood in the beak is the sign, and a speedy death is the general consequence. If this do not happen, the breathing is not the less difficult and painful; and recovery is rare, at least without the greatest care and attention.
Birds which eat insects and worms, occasionally, by accident, swallow some extraneous substance, which, sticking in their throat, stops their respiration, and stifles them. The only remedy is to extract the foreign body, which requires much skill and dexterity.
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