Songbirds In Singapore: The Growth Of A Pastime
This fascinating book looks at the hobby of keeping songbirds in cages by all three of the main races in Singapore from its founding until the end of the last century. Such birds are kept for different reasons than in the West and very often treated more lovingly in Asia. The book has both early and modern illustrations in black and white and in colour.
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This fascinating book looks at the hobby of keeping songbirds in cages by all three of the main races in Singapore from its founding until the end of the last century. Such birds are kept for different reasons than in the West and very often treated more lovingly in Asia. The book has both early and modern illustrations in black and white and in colour.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Hardback
1991
ISBN: 9780195889994
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