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THE VINTAGE CAGE BIRD & CANARY COLLECTION
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A stunning and truly unique collection of 82 rare, out-of-print books and vintage periodicals compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of keeping CANARIES & CAGE BIRDS.
Read about the care and general management of caged birds and how best to keep them. Learn about successful mating, breeding, keeping, feeding, taming and exhibiting of popular cage birds and canaries. Read about both British birds and foreign birds that are suitable for taming and keeping in a cage or aviary. Study their natural history, habits, foods and diseases. Learn how to sex cage birds, an essential in lucrative breeding. Study the art of constructing and furnishing a bird cage, aviary or bird-room. Included in this astonishing collection is 28 years (1894 – 1922) of “The Avicultural Magazine”, providing a fascinating vintage look at this popular hobby. Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in keeping cage birds and canaries. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
This is a DIGITAL item! All of the books have been scanned in HQ and preserved forever in modern pdf format, easy to read on any laptop, computer, e-reader, tablet or even smartphone. You can also print any page you wish, or even books in their entirety.
The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:
Aviaries, bird-rooms & cages, their construction and furnishing by H. Norman (1919)
Birds I have kept in years gone by - with original anecdotes and full directions for keeping them successfully by W. T. Greene (1885)
Bishop, the bird man's book, on the care and management of birds by H. Bishop (1886)
Boy bird house architecture by L. H. Baxter (1920)
British birds for cages and aviaries; a handbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement by W. T. Greene (1899)
British birds for cages, aviaries, and exhibition Vols. 1 & 2 by S. W. Birchley (1909)
Cage and chamber-birds; their natural history, habits, food, diseases, management, and modes of capture by J. M. Bechstein (1856)
Cage-bird traffic of the United States by H. Oldys (1907)
Canaries - mating and breeding by H. Sharp (1917)
Canaries - their care and management by A. Wetmore (1916)
Canaries and cage-birds - the food, care, breeding, diseases and treatment of all house birds by G. A. Holden (1888)
Canaries and cage-birds by G. H. Holden (1883)
Canaries, a complete and practical guide to the breeding, exhibiting and general management of these popular birds by C. A. House (1923)
Canary birds. A manual of useful and practical information for bird keepers by M. S. Wood (1869)
Catalogue of sole manufacturers of the Osborn patent metallic finish bird and animal cages, also directions for the care of birds (1876)
Common sense in the care of the pet canary. How to buy, keep, feed, tame, mate, and breed canaries by M. Farwell (1886)
Der Kanarienvogel; seine Naturgeschichte, Pflege und Zucht von K. Russ (1906)
Favorite foreign birds for cages and aviaries by W. T. Greene (1891)
Foreign birds for cage and aviary Vols. 1 & 2 by A. G. Butler (1912)
Foreign finches in captivity by A. G. Butler (1889)
Handbuch für den Liebhaber der Stuben-, Haus- und aller der Zähmung werthen Vögel, enthaltend die genauesten Beschreibungen von 200 europäischen Vögelarten von C. L. Brehm (1832)
Handbuch für Vogelliebhaber, -Züchter und -Händler von K. Russ (1878)
Holden's book on birds by C. F. Holden (1873)
Holden's new book on birds by C. F. Holden (1892)
House plants and their care; also, hints for the care of goldfish and canary birds by H. Mullert (1887)
How to attract and protect wild birds by M. Heisemann (1912)
How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) by A. G. Butler (1907)
Inheritance in canaries by C. B. Davenport (1908)
Lehrbuch für Gesangskanarienzüchter, Preisrichter und Vereine von L. Tretter (1914)
Natural history of parrots by P. J. Selby (1836)
Our canaries - a thoroughly practical and comprehensive guide to the successful keeping, breeding and exhibiting of every known variety of the domesticated canary by C. St. John (1911)
Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture by J. H. Robinson (1913)
Palmer's manual of cage birds by S. Palmer (1879)
Parrots in captivity Vols. 1, 2 & 3 by W. T. Greene (1883)
Seventh Annual Birdhouse Booklet by Jacobs Bird-House Company (1915)
Song birds, and how to keep them by E. A. Maling (1863)
The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds by D. J. Browne (1851)
The American bird-keeper's manual; or, Directions for the proper management of American and foreign singing birds by J. Mann (1848)
The Avicultural magazine (1894-1895)
The Avicultural magazine (1895-1896)
The Avicultural magazine (1896-1897)
The Avicultural magazine (1897-1898)
The Avicultural magazine (1899-1900)
The Avicultural magazine (1900-1901)
The Avicultural magazine (1901-1902)
The Avicultural magazine (1902-1903)
The Avicultural magazine (1903-1904)
The Avicultural magazine (1904-1905)
The Avicultural magazine (1905-1906)
The Avicultural magazine (1906-1907)
The Avicultural magazine (1907-1908)
The Avicultural magazine (1908-1909)
The Avicultural magazine (1910-1911)
The Avicultural magazine (1911-1912)
The Avicultural magazine (1912-1913)
The Avicultural magazine (1913-1914)
The Avicultural magazine (1914-1915)
The Avicultural magazine (1915-1916)
The Avicultural magazine (1916-1917)
The Avicultural magazine (1917-1918)
The Avicultural magazine (1918-1919)
The Avicultural magazine (1920)
The Avicultural magazine (1921-1922)
The Avicultural magazine (1921)
The bird fancier's companion; or, Natural history of cage birds; their food, management, habits, treatment, diseases, etc., etc by C. Reiche (1871)
The Bird food company's book of cage birds (1883)
The Bird food company's book of cage birds (1884)
The canary - its history, varieties, management, and breeding by R. Avis (1872)
The canary book containing full directions for the breeding, rearing and management of canaries and canary mules by R. L. Wallace (1904)
The canary, its varieties, management and breeding by F. Smith (1870)
The dovecote and the aviary - being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state with hints for their management by E. S. Dixon (1851)
The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign by W. A. Blakston (1878)
The language of birds - comprising poetic and prose illustrations of the most favourite cage birds - with twelve highly-coloured plates by G. Spratt (1837)
The natural history of cage birds; their management, habits, food, diseases, treatment, breeding, and the methods of catching them by J. M. Bechstein (1845)
The roller canary - its breeding, rearing, and training by H. W. Guitierrez (1900)
The roller; concerning its health, habits and happiness; its feeding, breeding and training by T. Church (1921)
The song bird fancier - a complete treatise on the canary bird, mocking bird, and other birds of song by H. A. Dreer (1856)
Your bird friends and how to win them by J. H. Dodson (1917)
An absolute must for anyone with an interest in keeping canaries and other birds as pets – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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Mar 12, 2025
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