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 575 fofroy WOMAN'S PETS This section of Every Woman's Encyclopedia will prove to be of great interest to women, and will contain practical and authoritative articles on : Prize Dogs Lap Dogs Dogs' Points Dogs' Clothes Sporting Dogs How to Exhibit Dogs Cats : Good and Bad Points Cat Fanciers Small Cage Birds Pigeons The Diseases of Pets Aviaries Parrots Children's Pets Uncommon Pets Food for Pets How to Teach Tricks Gold Fish, etc., etc. BIRDS AS PETS Written and Illustrated by R J. S. CHATTERTON specialist Breeder and ytid^e of PouUry, Pigieotis and Cage Birds; Jtidge at the "Grand International Show, Crystal Palace," Membre SocUU des Aviadtetirs Fiancais: Vice-President Poultry Club; Hon. Sec. Yokohama Club; on the Committee of Middlesex Colttmbarian Society; Indian Game Club, etc., etc. Continued from page 4S3t Part 3 Hawfinch — Greenfinch — Their Habits and Treatment in Captivity having a dark-brown centre. Chaffinches usually nest about the middle of April. When used to confinement chaffinches are easily kept ; in an aviary they are apt to be quarrelsome, since usually each wants "" to be "the master." They are very active birds, and destroy a number of insects, which makes them welcome in a garden. Bramblefinch ( Fringilla monti- fringilla), sometimes called the mountain finch or brambling. is quite a hardy bird , and breeds in north- ern countries, only visiting this country in the late autumn and winter months. The plumage is ex- tremely pretty, with very effective mark- ings, and under- g( es considerable changes. The plum- age changes con- siderably. In the spring it becomes more intense in The Chaffinch — Bramblefinch- "yHE next member of the Finch family to be considered is the Chaffinch [Fringilla ccelehs). This is one of the best known and most beautiful of birds, especially in the springtime, when its plumage is very brilliant and the beak, which in winter becomes whitish, is blue. The plumage of the hen is marked in a similar manner to the cock, but her breast is yellowish- grey with a greenish tinge, and her back yellowish-brown. The nest, which is one of the prettiest pieces of bird archi- tecture, is composed of mosses and lichen and lined with hair and wool, the outside being covered with lichen in the same [manner as the tree The eggs (four or five) are also exceed- ingly pretty, of a greenish-blue colour vith red spots, Hawfinch The largest member of the finch family. A handsome bird, but very destructive <n the vegetable garden
 * on which it is built.