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9781443704632: Foreign Birds for Beginners

Sinopsis

This antique text contains a detailed yet concise handbook on foreign and exotic bird-keeping. Designed with the amateur in mind, it contains everything a novice might need to know about exotic aviculture and is written in an accessible and informative manner, complete with a plethora of helpful illustrations. A book not to be missed by the discerning enthusiast, this antique text makes for a great addition to collections of ornithological and avicultural literature. The chapters of this book include: Housing; Feeding; Breeding; General Management; Diseases, Parasites and Accidents; Small Finches, Mannikins, Waxbills, Doves and Quails; Weavers, Whdyahs and Large Finches; Cardinals and Birds of Similar Size; Parrakeets and Lovebirds; and much more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on aviculture.

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Reseña del editor

This antique text contains a detailed yet concise handbook on foreign and exotic bird-keeping. Designed with the amateur in mind, it contains everything a novice might need to know about exotic aviculture and is written in an accessible and informative manner, complete with a plethora of helpful illustrations. A book not to be missed by the discerning enthusiast, this antique text makes for a great addition to collections of ornithological and avicultural literature. The chapters of this book include: Housing; Feeding; Breeding; General Management; Diseases, Parasites and Accidents; Small Finches, Mannikins, Waxbills, Doves and Quails; Weavers, Whdyahs and Large Finches; Cardinals and Birds of Similar Size; Parrakeets and Lovebirds; and much more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on aviculture.

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FOREIGN BIRDS FOR BEGINNERS - By D. H. S. RISDON - PREFACE - WHEN writing a book of this kind, it must be realised that the bulk of its readers will be those who wish to learn sornethiilg about the art of keeping foreign birds. The more experienced aviculturist, if he reads it at all, would probably do so with a critical eye, in which case I hope he will be tolerant enough to realise that no two of us experience quite the same results with birds. This is not surprising when one considers the many and varied conditions under which they are kept in this cotintry. For the beginners sake, therefore, advice and descriptions have becn worded as simply as possible, so as not to confuse him with too inuch detail. For Illstailce, in the chapter on housing, a outhe of what is required in an aviary is thought preferable to detailed instructions on how to build it.................

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