Cage-birds Sentence Examples

Its gay plumage is matched by its sprightly nature; and together they make it one of the most favourite cage-birds among all classes.

It was first domesticated in Italy during the 16th century, and soon spread over Europe, where it is now the most common of cage-birds.

The collection is not usually very rich in species, but there have been great and long-continued successes in the breeding of large animals such as hippopotamuses, lions and antelopes, and a very large business is done in domesticated birds, water-fowl and cage birds.

It seems to have been imported into Europe at least as early as the first half of the 16th century,' and has since become the commonest of cage-birds.

They are imported for poultry feeding like the former species and for cage-birds, but are extensively used in soups, &c., on the Continent.