CARE OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS — WALKER 357 



CREEPERS (Certhiidae). Feed mealworms, other insects, and ground meat. 



WREN-TITS (Chamaeidae). Soft-billed birds. Feed same as thrushes. 



BABBLING THRUSHES (Timaliidae). Feed mockingbird food, mealworms, 

 and other insects, ground meat, fruit, lettuce, raisins, grapes. 



BULBULS (Pycnonotidae). Fruit, insects, mockingbird food, ground meat, 

 bread crumbs, boiled eggs, canary seed. 



DIPPERS (Cinclidae). Not known to the author to have been kept in 

 captivity. Frequent streams, into which they dive to capture aquatic insects. 

 Try feeding mealworms, waxworms, and any other insects available, and ground 

 meat. Also lettuce and soft green vegetation. Should have water in which 

 to bathe; preferably a continuous shower falling into a small stream or pool, 

 which might make them feel more at home. 



WRENS (Troglodytidae), MOCKINGBIRDS and THRASHERS (Mimidae), 

 THRUSHES (Turdidae). Feed fruit, mockingbird food, boiled eggs, meal- 

 worms and otlier insects, ground meat, some green food, bread crumbs. 



OLD WORLD WARBLERS (Sylviidae), KINGLETS (Regulidae), OLD 

 WORLD FLYCATCHERS (Muscicapidae), ACCENTORS, HEDGE-SPARROWS 

 (Prunellidae), WAGTAILS, PIPITS (Motacillidae),WAXWINGS (Bombycil- 

 lidae). Feed mealworms or any other insects available, and ground meat. 

 Also try soft, well-ripened fruit and a small amount of bread crumbs. Rarely 

 kept in captivity, and no well-proved diets are known to the author. 



SILKY FLYCATCHERS (Ptilogonatidae). Aerial feeders. Try mealworms 

 and any other insects, also mockingbird food, boiled eggs, and ground meat. 



PALM-CHATS (Dulidae), WOOD-SWALLOWS (Artamidae), VANGA 

 SHRIKES (Vangidae). All insect eaters. Feed soft food, meat, mealworms, 

 flies, small animals. 



SHRIKES (Laniidae). Feed mealworms and any other insects available, 

 also meat, mice, small birds, mockingbird food, boiled egffs, bread, lettuce. 



WOOD-SHRIKES (Prionopidae), PEPPER-SHRIKES (Cyclarhidae), 

 SHRIKE-VIREOS (Vireolaniidae). All insect eaters. Feed soft food, meat, 

 mealworms, flies, small animals. 



STARLINGS (Sturnldae). Feed the same as crows and jays. 



HONEY-EATERS (Melithreptidae), SUN-BIRDS (Nectariniidae), FLOWER- 

 PECKERS (Dicaeidae), WHITE-EYES (Zosteropidae). Feed mealworms and 

 other insects, ground meat, mockingbird food, boiled egg, fruit. Some of these 

 birds like honey. 



VIREOS (Vireonidae). Feed mealworms and other insects, ground meat, 

 fruit, mockingbird food. 



HONEY-CREEPERS (Coerebidae), HAWAIIAN HONEY-CREEPERS (Dre- 

 panididae). Feed fruit, such as oranges, bananas, apples, with honey, meal- 

 worms and other small insects. If flowers are in the cage, they will thrust 

 their long, curved beaks into the flowers to obtain the nectar. Orange and 

 pineapple juice in small tubes might be accepted. 



WOOD-WARBLERS (Compsothlypidae). Insect eaters in the wild. Feed 

 mealworms, small insects, ground meat, and well-ripened soft fruit. Rarely 

 kept in captivity, and no tested diet is known to the author. 



WEAVER FINCHES (Ploceidae), BLACKBIRDS, TROUPIALS (Icteridae). 

 Feed seeds, bread, fruit, green vegetation, vegetables, mealworms and other 

 insects, and ground meat. 



SWALLOW-TANAGERS (Tersinidae). Feed mockingbird food, boiled eggs, 

 fruit, mealworms and other insects. 



