in which he lived. It was some months before I had an 

 opportunity of going east again, and I then hoped to 

 renew my acquaintance with him, but, oddly enough, 

 I could not find the shop, and could not even feel sure 

 about the street. RandoIvPH Quin. 



BIRD SEED. 



Canary and IMillet are the two principal seeds for 

 foreign birds, and it is most important that each should 

 be good of its kind. American and Australian birds pre- 

 fer canary seed, and African and Indian birds like millet 

 seed best, and they are chief!}' fed on these respective 

 seeds before and during importation. The small light- 

 brown millet seed, like the spray millet usually sold, is 

 expensive, but very useful. It is always wise to give 

 newly imported birds a liberal supply of this. In fadl, I 

 believe that if it were always used small foreign finches 

 would thrive much better than they generally do. 



Next in value to this small brown millet (usually 

 called Indian millet) is the best white millet. It should 

 be very white, the whiter the better. But sometimes the 

 very white is difficult to get. 



As to the brown millet, the same size as white, very 

 few birds will eat it unless driven to do so by starvation. 

 It should never be given to foreign birds. 



Canary-seed comes from a great many places, but 

 there is nothing like the English, if you can get it. 

 If you have a garden it is easily grown, and can be kept 

 in the ear like spray millet, when it will be a great treat 

 for the birds in the aviary, and valuable for delicate bk-ds. 

 Canary-seed should feel all alive and slippery, when 

 you put your hand into a sackful of it; but if it feels 

 hard and dry it has been artificially dried, and is not 

 good. The use of artificially-dried seed will cause birds 

 to go bald, and bring on surfeit. Be careful to see that 

 the seed is free from mice dirt, which is poisonous to 

 birds. Make snre, also, that the seed is not musty at the 

 ewds. The presence of a few brown seeds, which have 



