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Percy Gladstone Frudd. Incomparable Budgerigars - All about Them, Including Instructions for Keeping, Breeding and Teaching Them to Talk
INCOMPARABLE. BUDGERIGARS
Aviculture
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTORY “A FASCINATING LITTLE FELLOW”
CHAPTER I. PENELOPE AND HER PIERROT. A Budgie Idyll that almost ended in tragedy
CHAPTER II. TOLD TO A PEPPER POT. A Feathered Prodigy Confounds the Critics
CHAPTER III. BATTLES OF A FATHER OF “QUADS” Richard the Lion-hearted “Budgie”
CHAPTER IV. THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRODIGAL SON. How Samson was Cured of Wanderlust
CHAPTER V. THE AMAZON. A Story of a Hen-pecked Husband
CHAPTER VI. BILLY THE BOY SCOUT. His Daily Good Deed
CHAPTER VII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. A Story of feathered Heroes and Heroines
CHAPTER VIII. SATANELLA. The Demon Budgerigar
CHAPTER IX. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY BOY. The Hail Fellow Well Met Budgie
CHAPTER X. A FEMALE PEEPING TOM “ ’Twas Curiosity That Killed the Cat”
CHAPTER XI. THE GOOD COMPANIONS. A Story of a Strange Companionship
CHAPTER XII. CARRYING ON. A Story of Devotion to Duty
CHAPTER XIII. THE MIRACLE. A Story of a Great Heroine
CHAPTER XIV “SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT” A Story of a Budgie and a Monkey
CHAPTER XV. THE MERRY WIDOW. A Story of Strange Motherhood
CHAPTER XVI. HIDE AND SEEK. A Story of a Budgie and a Policeman
CHAPTER XVII. THE BUDGERIGAR AS A PET. And How to Train and Teach Him to Talk
TAMING
EXERCISE
TRAINING
HOUSING
FEEDING
CONDITION
SEX
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BUDGERIGAR AS A HOBBY. The Right Way to Commence
WRONG METHODS
THE RIGHT WAY
CHAPTER XIX. AVIARIES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT
HOUSE
WINDOWS
PARTITIONS
HATCH
PERCHES
THE OUTSIDE FLIGHT
THE CORRIDOR
HOUSING A STRAIN
THE IDEAL HOME IN WHICH TO BUILD UP A STRAIN OF BUDGERIGARS
BASE
SITE
HOUSES
DIMENSIONS
MATERIALS
CAGE BREEDING OR FLIGHTS?
VENTILATION
CHAPTER XX. PURCHASING THE STOCK. Varieties, Colour and Type
VARIETIES
THE RARER VARIETIES
SPLIT COLOURS
TYPE
THE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY STANDARD
HEAD
CHEST
NECK
MASK AND SPOTS
TAIL
WINGS
FEET
BEAK
SIZE
STANCE
ACTION
BALANCE
WING MARKINGS
FEATHER
CHAPTER XXI. BREEDING
The Rules of the Game
Cleanliness
When to Commence Breeding?
Cold Winds
Lack of Moisture
Preparations for Breeding
Nest-boxes
Moisture: Providing it Artificially
Mating
Breeding Condition
Exercise
Pairing
Reference
Laying and Incubation
Hatching
Cleaning the nests
Removing the babies
Food
INBREEDING
LINE-BREEDING
Haphazard Matings
The End of Breeding Season
MOULTING
CHAPTER XXII. EXHIBITING AND HINTS ON AILMENTS
TRAINING CAGES
SHOW CONDITION
SPRAYING
FOOD
PICKING THE WINNERS
CLEAN CAGES
SCHEDULE AND ENTRY FORM
RETURN
COMMON AILMENTS AND DISORDERS
CHILLS AND ENTERITIS
EGG-BINDING
FEATHER PLUCKING
FRENCH MOULT AND RUNNERS
RUNNERS
UNDERSHOT OR OVERGROWN BEAKS
PSITTACOSIS
QUESTIONS—ANSWERED
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MARCH OF TIME. A Fantasy
ADDENDA
INDEX
