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 Cage Birds & Fancy Pigeons -
Their Characteristics, Habits, Caring, Breeding, Feeding, Exhibition, Plus Their Ailments & Treatments!

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 Hundreds of fascinating insights on many different breeds, together with hosts of hard earned hints and tips - now combined together in a unique and convenient book collection!

   Learn from the experts how to properly care for your cage/aviary birds and pigeons. Many hours of fascinating reading offered at an affordable price! This essential set of books includes…

1.   Aviaries, Bird Rooms & Cages - Their Construction & Furnishing. By H. Norman, fully
 illustrated, 117 pages
.

  2.  Bird Keeping, A Practical Guide for the Management of Singing and Cage Birds.
      
 By C. E. Dyson c1878. 317 pages, with woodcuts and coloured plates.

  3.  The Flying Tippler & Tumbler Pigeon, by G. Smith. How to Breed, Rear & Train the Macclesfield
          Tippler and the High Flying Tumbler Pigeon. c1886, 66 pages.

  4.  British Birds For Cages & Aviaries, by W. T. Greene c1899. ‘A
          handbook Relating to All British Birds Which May Be Kept in Confinement'.
          270 pages.

  5.  Cage & Chamber Birds, Their Natural History, Habits, Food,
        Diseases, Management and Modes of Capture.
           By J. M. Bechstein M.D., c1885, 605 pages.

  6.  Canaries & Cage Birds, The Food, Care, Breeding, Diseases and
          Treatment of All House Birds, Birds for Pleasure and for Profit. By George
          Holden c1888, 344 pages.

  7.  Fancy Pigeons,by J. C. Lyell, c1887, 536 pages. Contains ‘ Full Directions for their Breeding and
          Management, with Descriptions of Every Known Variety and All Other Information of Interest or use
          to Pigeon Fanciers.

  8.  Favourite Foreign Birds for Cages and Aviaries.By W. T. Greene, c1891, 156-pages.

  9.  Foreign Birds for Cage And Aviary (Volume 1 – The Smaller Foreign Birds).  By A. G. Butler,
          213-pages.

  10. Foreign Birds for Cage And Aviary (Volume 2 – The Larger Foreign Birds). 313 pages.

  11. Foreign Finches In Captivity by Arthur G. Butler, c1899. 461 pages, profusely illustrated with attractive
            colour plates.

  12. Holden’s New Book On Birds, c1903. ‘Keep Your Birds in Health, The Food, Care, Breeding, Diseases
           and Treatment of House Birds.’ 139-pages.

  13. Indian Pigeons & Doves by E. C. Stuart Baker, c1913, 340-pages.With 27 very attractive colour plates.

  14. Pigeons & All About Them,by F. M. Gilbert c1898, 267 pages.

  15. Pleasures Of A Pigeon Fancier, Rev. J. Lucas c1886, 184 pages.

  16. Song Birds & How To Keep Them. By E. A. Maling c1862,
           177-pages.

  17. Sweet Songsters of Britain,‘With Hints for the Rearing and
            Management of Cage Birds’.  By H. G. Adams c1800s. 307 pages.

  18. The American Bird Fancier, Considered with reference to the
            Breeding, Rearing, Feeding, management and Peculiarities of Cage and
            House Birds, with Remarks on their Diseases and Remedies, Drawn from
            Authentic Sources and Personal Observation. By D. J. Browne,
            c1850, 116 pages.

  19. The Book Of Cage Birds,by Henry B. Hirst c1843, 296 pages.

  20. The Canary, Its Varieties, Breeding & Management. By Rev. Francis Smith, c1878, 190 pages.

  21. The Canary Book, ‘Containing Full Directions for the Breeding, Rearing and Management of Canaries
            and Canary Mules; Cage Making etc; Formation of Canary Societies; Exhibition
            Canaries, their Points and how to Breed and Exhibit Them, and all other matters
            connected with their Fancy.’ By Robert L. Wallace c1904, 494 pages.

  22. The Dovecot 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 Rev. E. S. Dixon M.A., 482 pages.

  23. The Natural History of Cage Birds,‘ Their Management, Habits,
            Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding and the Methods of Catching Them.’
            By J. M. Bechstein, M.D., c1812, 324 pages.

  24. ‘The Practical Pigeon Keeper’ by Lewis Wright, 244 pages.

  25. ‘A to Z of Pigeons’ c1921, 92 pages.

  26. ‘Bird Food Company's Book of Cage Birds’ c1883, 98 pages.

  27. ‘Birds I Have Kept’ c1885, 272 pages.

  28. ‘How To Sex Cage Birds’ c1907, 193 pages.

  29. ‘Natural History of Cage Birds’ c1812, 347 pages.

  30. ‘Palmer's Manual of Cage Birds’ c1879, 45 pages.

  31. ‘Pigeon Raising’ c1913, 132 pages.

  32. ‘Profitable Squab Breeding’ c1914, 76 pages.

  33. ‘The American Bird Fancier’ c1892, 122 pages.

  34. ‘The Bird Fancier's Companion’ c1871, 83 pages.

  35. ‘The Robinson Method of Breeding Squabs’ c1902, 74 pages.

  36. ‘British Birds for Cage, Aviaries & Exhibition Vol.1’ c1909, 323 pages.

  37. ‘British Birds for Cage, Aviaries & Exhibition Vol.2’ c1909, 318 pages.

  38. ‘Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds 1880s’ c1880s, 580 pages.

  39. ‘Parrots in Captivity Vol.1’ c1884, 222 pages. Heavily Illustrated with Colour Plates!

  40. ‘Parrots in Captivity Vol.2’ c1884, 194 pages. Heavily Illustrated with Colour Plates!

  41. ‘Parrots in Captivity Vol.3’ c1884, 216 pages. Heavily Illustrated with Colour Plates!


 Note to buyers. Although the underlying book material is now in the public domain due to their age,  much additional editing, cropping and deleting of erroneous material has also been carried out personally, making this book set a unique and a much improved offering. It is provided here at a particularly low cost, mainly to cover materials such plus various associated overheads including fees.

 It is now presented in a convenient Adobe Reader form (.pdf files) suitable for all computer systems. This allows for all the really essential illustrations and photos to be shown as opposed to the text only versions often available. The Adobe reader itself is completely free to download from the Adobe web site, although it usually comes pre-installed as standard on most computers.


Overall, a great collection at a low price that certainly isn't
going to break you, so go right ahead and Treat Yourself!

* Please note that a number of the old books scanned will naturally show signs of age, such as an occasional watermark or browning/fading
and although readable with minor adjustments to the options provided with the software they will not be in as pristine a condition
as newer volumes. Therefore allowances should be made accordingly.

EBAY AND VERO PLEASE NOTE:
 
 ALL OF OUR SCANS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND FULLY COMPLY WITH EBAY RULES AND REGULATIONS. NO TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS HAVE BEEN INFRINGED WITH THIS SALE. THIS ITEM FULLY CONFORMS WITH EBAY COMPILATION AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA POLICY AND WE ARE NOT VIOLATING ANY COPYRIGHT LAWS BY SELLING IT AS NO COPYRIGHT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR HAS ALREADY EXPIRED.