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aviary and follows me about in it. I think it wants to 

 have another fly, and so it should, if I could let it out 

 without the others. I have no doubt it would come 

 back in the evening. 



jfceDmo auD HccliniatisinG jforcion 



By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S. 



The title is an ambitious one : it is not my own. 

 I have received a pressing request either to get or 

 supply an article on this subject. 1 have failed to get 

 it written, so must needs supply it myself; personally 

 I much regret the necessity for this, as pressure on my 

 time prevents me giving the full time and thouglit that 

 the subject calls for. It appears to me that the most 

 fitting introduction will be — 



How I Feed my Birds. 



In ni}' largest garden aviary I have over 70 birds, 

 con.sisting of Grassfinches, Mannikins, Tanagers, 

 Waxbills, Varied Lorikeets, Weavers, three species of 

 Cardinals, Marsh Birds, Cowbirds, Liothrix, Quails, 

 and two species of Doves ; there are a fair number of 

 rare and uncommon species among them. I think the 

 treatment given may be taken as fairly successful, for 

 I have only had six deaths among this group, from 

 mid-October, 1906, to September 30th, 1907, and two 

 of these were the result of egg-binding, while I was 

 ill and unable to attend to them. I also think the 

 season may be termed one of the worst known to 

 living aviculturists without any fear of contradiction ; 

 this to my mind certainly emphasises the result. 

 From personal experience with about 200 or more 



