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Powdered Puppy Biscuit 



Chickeu Meal ' } Either form a good basis 



Game Meal ( f^^^. ^i^^ mixture. 



Partridge Meal ' 



Dried Flies (a good sample should contain but little 

 dust and the small bugs be mostly in a whole 

 condition). 

 Ants' Cocoons (some of the cheaper samples are no 

 use at all, one might just as profitably pur- 

 chase chips ; procure the best and accept only 

 such as are free from rubbish). 

 Dried Pup^Ii;. This when ground (Pupae Meal*) 

 is a valuable item of any insectile mixture ; its worst 

 feature is its smell for it is most decidedly nosey. The 

 above is the dried and powdered pupae of the Silkworm 

 moth — a waste product of the silk industry. I incline 

 ito the opinion that it is most useful and more appre- 

 ciated by the birds when ground to flour and I find it 

 mostly requires re-grinding for use. My predecessor 

 gave the address (Vol. IV. B.N.) of JVIessrs. Grilli 

 Bros., via Ghibellina, Florence, Italy, from whom it 

 imay be obtained direct, about lo lbs. costing 4/7, post 

 free. It may also be obtained from Messrs. Trower, 

 who supply it fine ground. As regards mixing and 

 .quantities, see opening chapter, "How I feed my 

 Birds." * * * 



DOVES. 



Most of the Australian smaller species thrive on a 

 staple diet of canary and millet, with a regular supply 

 of fresh green food ; but the wants of most species 

 will be covered by the following mixture: canar}', 



* Sonietinies advertised as Locust Meal. 



